What is CVE-2017-13726?

CVE-2017-13726 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libtiff, classified under Reachable Assertion. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-08-29.

How severe is CVE-2017-13726?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Libtiff

CVE-2017-13726

There is a reachable assertion abort in the function TIFFWriteDirectorySec() in LibTIFF 4.0.8, related to tif_dirwrite.c and a SubIFD tag. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

EPSS: 0.026 (84.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Libtiff — versions 4.0.8
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-617 — Reachable Assertion

References

cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-13726?: CVE-2017-13726 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libtiff, classified under Reachable Assertion. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-08-29.
How severe is CVE-2017-13726?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.