Use After Free Affecting tiff package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.48% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-TIFF-405264
  • published29 Dec 2017
  • disclosed29 Dec 2017

Introduced: 29 Dec 2017

CVE-2017-17973  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:10 tiff.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tiff package and not the tiff package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

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