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CVE-2017-17973

** DISPUTED ** In LibTIFF 4.0.8, there is a heap-based use-after-free in the t2p_writeproc...

8.8 HighFix availableDisputed

CVE-2017-17973 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Libtiff, published December 29, 2017. Its validity is disputed. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.05%, the 87th percentile. Fixed in tiff 4.5.0-6+deb12u4.aikido.20.

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

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

3.05%Up 2.0 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List 8.8

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

Record
CVE-2017-17973
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-9115 8.8

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

Record
EUVD-2017-9115
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pf49-rpj2-8mg3 8.8

** DISPUTED ** In LibTIFF 4.0.8, there is a heap-based use-after-free in the t2p_writeproc...

** DISPUTED ** 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.

Record
GHSA-pf49-rpj2-8mg3
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-416
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 8.8

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

Record
CVE-2017-17973
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
6.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-416
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVBELL-CVE-2017-17973 8.8

CVE-2017-17973 does not affect BellSoft software

Record
BELL-CVE-2017-17973
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 8.8

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

Record
CVE-2017-17973
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2017-17973 8.8

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

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17973
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2017-17973 No score

CVE-2017-17973 in tiff - Patched by Root

Root has patched CVE-2017-17973 in the tiff package for Root:Debian:12. Multiple fixed versions available.

Record
ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2017-17973
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:1179-1 No score

Security update for tiff

This update for tiff fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2016-9453: The t2p_readwrite_pdf_image_tile function allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a JPEG file with a TIFFTAG_JPEGTABLES of length one (bsc#1011107).
  • CVE-2016-5652: An exploitable heap-based buffer overflow existed in the handling of TIFF images in the TIFF2PDF tool. A crafted TIFF document can lead to a heap-based buffer overflow resulting in remote code execution. Vulnerability can be triggered via a saved TIFF file delivered by other means (bsc#1007280).
  • CVE-2017-11335: There is a heap based buffer overflow in tools/tiff2pdf.c via a PlanarConfig=Contig image, which caused a more than one hundred bytes out-of-bounds write (related to the ZIPDecode function in tif_zip.c). A crafted input may lead to a remote denial of service attack or an arbitrary code execution attack (bsc#1048937).
  • CVE-2016-9536: tools/tiff2pdf.c had an out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities in heap allocated buffers in t2p_process_jpeg_strip(). Reported as MSVR 35098, aka 't2p_process_jpeg_strip heap-buffer-overflow.' (bsc#1011845)
  • CVE-2017-9935: In LibTIFF, there was a heap-based buffer overflow in the t2p_write_pdf function in tools/tiff2pdf.c. This heap overflow could lead to different damages. For example, a crafted TIFF document can lead to an out-of-bounds read in TIFFCleanup, an invalid free in TIFFClose or t2p_free, memory corruption in t2p_readwrite_pdf_image, or a double free in t2p_free. Given these possibilities, it probably could cause arbitrary code execution (bsc#1046077).
  • CVE-2017-17973: There is a heap-based use-after-free in the t2p_writeproc function in tiff2pdf.c. (bsc#1074318)
  • CVE-2015-7554: The _TIFFVGetField function in tif_dir.c allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory write and crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted field data in an extension tag in a TIFF image (bsc#960341).
  • CVE-2016-5318: Stack-based buffer overflow in the _TIFFVGetField function allowed remote attackers to crash the application via a crafted tiff (bsc#983436).
  • CVE-2016-10095: Stack-based buffer overflow in the _TIFFVGetField function in tif_dir.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted TIFF file (bsc#1017690,).
  • CVE-2016-10268: tools/tiffcp.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer underflow and heap-based buffer under-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF image, related to 'READ of size 78490' and libtiff/tif_unix.c:115:23 (bsc#1031255)
  • An overlapping of memcpy parameters was fixed which could lead to content corruption (bsc#1017691).
  • Fixed an invalid memory read which could lead to a crash (bsc#1017692).
  • Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in TIFFReadRawData (tiffinfo.c) that could crash the decoder (bsc#1017688).
Record
SUSE-SU-2018:1179-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:1180-1 No score

Security update for tiff

This update for tiff fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2017-9935: There was a heap-based buffer overflow in the t2p_write_pdf function in tools/tiff2pdf.c. This heap overflow could lead to different damages. For example, a crafted TIFF document can lead to an out-of-bounds read in TIFFCleanup, an invalid free in TIFFClose or t2p_free, memory corruption in t2p_readwrite_pdf_image, or a double free in t2p_free. Given these possibilities, it probably could cause arbitrary code execution (bsc#1046077)
  • CVE-2017-17973: There is a heap-based use-after-free in the t2p_writeproc function in tiff2pdf.c. (bsc#1074318)
  • CVE-2018-5784: There is an uncontrolled resource consumption in the TIFFSetDirectory function of tif_dir.c. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted tif file. This occurs because the declared number of directory entries is not validated against the actual number of directory entries (bsc#1081690)
Record
SUSE-SU-2018:1180-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
tiff
Root:Debian:12
before 4.5.0-6+deb12u4.aikido.20
4.5.0-6+deb12u4.aikido.204.5.0-6+deb12u4.root.io.194.5.0-6+deb12u4.aikido.214.5.0-6+deb12u4.aikido.22
rootio-tiff
Root:Debian:12
before 4.5.0-6+deb12u4.aikido.20
4.5.0-6+deb12u4.aikido.204.5.0-6+deb12u4.root.io.194.5.0-6+deb12u4.aikido.214.5.0-6+deb12u4.aikido.22
tiff
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
before 3.8.2-141.169.3.1
3.8.2-141.169.3.1
tiff
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
before 3.8.2-141.169.3.1
3.8.2-141.169.3.1
tiff
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
before 3.8.2-141.169.3.1
3.8.2-141.169.3.1
tiff
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
before 4.0.9-44.10.1
4.0.9-44.10.1
tiff
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3
before 4.0.9-44.10.1
4.0.9-44.10.1
tiff
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
before 4.0.9-44.10.1
4.0.9-44.10.1
tiff
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
before 4.0.9-44.10.1
4.0.9-44.10.1
tiff
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
4.0.2-4ubuntu34.0.3-5ubuntu14.0.3-64.0.3-6ubuntu14.0.3-7
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4.0.3-7ubuntu0.14.0.3-7ubuntu0.24.0.3-7ubuntu0.34.0.3-7ubuntu0.44.0.3-7ubuntu0.64.0.3-7ubuntu0.74.0.3-7ubuntu0.84.0.3-7ubuntu0.94.0.3-7ubuntu0.104.0.3-7ubuntu0.114.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm14.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm24.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm34.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm44.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm54.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm64.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm74.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm84.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm94.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm104.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm114.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm124.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm134.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm144.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm154.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm164.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm17
None known
tiff
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
4.0.3-12.3ubuntu24.0.5-14.0.6-14.0.6-1ubuntu0.14.0.6-1ubuntu0.2
Show 25 moreShow less
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.34.0.6-1ubuntu0.44.0.6-1ubuntu0.54.0.6-1ubuntu0.64.0.6-1ubuntu0.74.0.6-1ubuntu0.84.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm14.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm24.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm34.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm44.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm64.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm74.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm84.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm94.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm104.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm114.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm124.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm134.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm144.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm154.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm164.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm174.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm184.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm194.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm20
None known
tiff
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
4.0.8-54.0.8-64.0.9-14.0.9-24.0.9-3
Show 23 moreShow less
4.0.9-44.0.9-4ubuntu14.0.9-54.0.9-5ubuntu0.14.0.9-5ubuntu0.24.0.9-5ubuntu0.34.0.9-5ubuntu0.44.0.9-5ubuntu0.54.0.9-5ubuntu0.64.0.9-5ubuntu0.74.0.9-5ubuntu0.84.0.9-5ubuntu0.94.0.9-5ubuntu0.104.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm14.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm24.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm34.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm44.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm54.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm64.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm74.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm84.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm94.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm10
None known

History

History
WhenChangedSources
2026-11-03aliasesEUVD
2026-11-02createdCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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