CVE-2017-17973 - In LibTIFF 4.0.8, there is a heap-based use-after-free in the t2p_writeproc function in tiff2pdf.c.

CVE-2017-17973

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

References

http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2769
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102331
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1530912
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1074318

Vulnerable Configurations

cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:4.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:4.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS

Base:	6.8 (as of 05-08-2024 - 21:15)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

CWE-416

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
NETWORK	MEDIUM	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
PARTIAL	PARTIAL	PARTIAL

cvss-vector via4

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

refmap via4

bid	102331
misc	http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2769 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1074318 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1530912

Last major update

05-08-2024 - 21:15

Published

29-12-2017 - 21:29

Last modified

05-08-2024 - 21:15