CVE-2017-17942
Published: 28 December 2017
In LibTIFF 4.0.9, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in the function PackBitsEncode in tif_packbits.c.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| mdeslaur | probably a dupe of CVE-2016-5319 as of 2021-02-24, no upstream fix |
| ccdm94 | this CVE is considered by upstream as a duplicate of CVE-2016-5319, as per information on issue 2767 of its bugzilla. This has been marked by upstream as "won't fix# since bmp2tiff has been removed from libtiff starting on version 4.0.7. Therefore, there is no patch available for versions 4.0.6 and earlier. |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
tiff Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
| bionic |
Not vulnerable
(4.0.9-5)
|
|
| cosmic |
Not vulnerable
(4.0.9-5)
|
|
| disco |
Not vulnerable
(4.0.9-5)
|
|
| eoan |
Not vulnerable
(4.0.9-5)
|
|
| focal |
Not vulnerable
(4.1.0+git191117-2build1)
|
|
| groovy |
Not vulnerable
(4.1.0+git191117-2build1)
|
|
| hirsute |
Not vulnerable
(4.1.0+git191117-2build1)
|
|
| impish |
Not vulnerable
(4.3.0-1)
|
|
| jammy |
Not vulnerable
(4.3.0-6)
|
|
| trusty |
Ignored
(see notes, was needed)
|
|
| upstream |
Needed
|
|
| xenial |
Ignored
(see notes, was needed)
|
|
| zesty |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 8.8 |
| 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 |