CVE-2017-17095

Publication date 2 December 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

tools/pal2rgb.c in pal2rgb in LibTIFF 4.0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (TIFFSetupStrips heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF file.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
tiff	17.10 artful	Fixed 4.0.8-5ubuntu0.1
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.4
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.9

Notes

mdeslaur

proposed patch in upstream bug we will not be fixing this issue in precise/esm

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
tiff	Upstream: 9171da5

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.8 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3606-1
LibTIFF vulnerabilities
26 March 2018