Security advisory

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  "id": "db134d6576093e7ba9a93bdf42ff169204b0bf08b8b490b4302a05333a456919",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-9815",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-9815",
    "summary": "In LibTIFF 4.0.7, the TIFFReadDirEntryLong8Array function in libtiff/tif_dirread.c mishandles a malloc operation, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory leak within the function _TIFFmalloc in tif_unix.c) via a crafted file.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-9815",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-9815",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-9815"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/vadz/libtiff",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "b28076b056eba9d665881bab139d21b21137fd2d"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "b28076b056eba9d665881bab139d21b21137fd2d"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:4.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "4.0.7"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "4.0.7"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "4.0.7",
            "Release-v4-0-7"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-9815.json"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff",
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              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "884f973652b8b020e533b1e340da3ef4bcd1d925"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "884f973652b8b020e533b1e340da3ef4bcd1d925"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:4.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "4.0.7"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "4.0.7"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "4.0.7",
            "v4.0.7"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-9815.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:35.915461104Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3602-1/"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "canonical:ubuntu_linux",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "14.04"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "14.04"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "16.04"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "16.04"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-9815",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 433866,
  "published_at": "2017-06-22T15:29:00.173+00:00"
}