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CVE-2017-17973 json

In LibTIFF 4.0.8, there is a heap-based use-after-free in the t2p_writeproc function in tiff2pdf.c.

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-9115

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.1%
EPSS 3.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

Patch / fix

  • tiff SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP3, SLED 12 SP3 +1 more 4.0.9-44.10.1
  • tiff SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 3.8.2-141.169.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:1180-1SUSE-SU-2018:1179-1

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red hat product security vex CVE-2017-17973 updated cvss 7.5

libtiff: heap-based use after free in tiff2pdf.c:t2p_writeproc

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 libtiff Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libtiff Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libtiff, libtiff-tools Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 libtiff, libtiff-tools Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 libtiff, libtiff-tools
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2y ago

Exploit prediction

3.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.maptools.org http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2769 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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