CVE-2017-5563

Publication date 23 January 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

LibTIFF version 4.0.7 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read in tif_lzw.c resulting in DoS or code execution via a crafted bmp image to tools/bmp2tiff.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
tiff	17.10 artful	Not affected
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.4
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.9
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

Notes

mdeslaur

proposed patch in upstream bug bmp2tiff removed in recent versions we will not be fixing this issue in precise/esm

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.8 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H