CVE-2017-5849

netpbm: Calls TIFFRGBA with width and height parameters switched

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

4.4

CVSS 3.0

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Published · January 31, 2017

Updated · May 13, 2026

Description

tiffttopnm in netpbm 10.47.63 does not properly use the libtiff TIFFRGBAImageGet function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and write) via a crafted tiff image file, related to transposing width and height values.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 4.4
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read