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CVE-2017-17973

In LibTIFF 4.0.8, there is a heap-based use-after-free in the t2p_writeproc function in tiff2pdf.c. NOTE: there is a third-party report of inability to reproduce this issue

Published

2017-12-29T21:29:00.190

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 8.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-416

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	libtiff	libtiff	4.0.8	Yes

References

http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2769 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102331 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1074318 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1530912 ([email protected])
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2769 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102331 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1074318 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1530912 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)