CVE-2017-5563

libtiff: Heap-buffer overflow in LZWEncode tif_lzw.c

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · January 18, 2017

Updated · May 13, 2026

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.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 5.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CWE-122 · Heap-based Buffer Overflow