UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17973

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17973

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17973.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17973

Upstream

CVE-2017-17973

Published

2017-12-29T21:29:00Z

Modified

2025-09-30T04:43:17Z

Severity

8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Ubuntu - medium

Summary

[none]

Details

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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / tiff

Package

Name: tiff
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/tiff@4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm16?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

4.*

4.0.2-4ubuntu3

4.0.3-5ubuntu1

4.0.3-6

4.0.3-6ubuntu1

4.0.3-7

4.0.3-7ubuntu0.1

4.0.3-7ubuntu0.2

4.0.3-7ubuntu0.3

4.0.3-7ubuntu0.4

4.0.3-7ubuntu0.6

4.0.3-7ubuntu0.7

4.0.3-7ubuntu0.8

4.0.3-7ubuntu0.9

4.0.3-7ubuntu0.10

4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11

4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm1

4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm2

4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm3

4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm4

4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm5

4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm6

4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm7

4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm8

4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm9

4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm10

4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm11

4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm12

4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm13

4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm14

4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm15

4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm16

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm16",
            "binary_name": "libtiff-opengl"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm16",
            "binary_name": "libtiff-tools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm16",
            "binary_name": "libtiff4-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm16",
            "binary_name": "libtiff5"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm16",
            "binary_name": "libtiff5-alt-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm16",
            "binary_name": "libtiff5-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm16",
            "binary_name": "libtiffxx5"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17973.json"

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / tiff

Package

Name: tiff
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/tiff@4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm19?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

4.*

4.0.3-12.3ubuntu2

4.0.5-1

4.0.6-1

4.0.6-1ubuntu0.1

4.0.6-1ubuntu0.2

4.0.6-1ubuntu0.3

4.0.6-1ubuntu0.4

4.0.6-1ubuntu0.5

4.0.6-1ubuntu0.6

4.0.6-1ubuntu0.7

4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8

4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm1

4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm2

4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm3

4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm4

4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm6

4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm7

4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm8

4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm9

4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm10

4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm11

4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm12

4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm13

4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm14

4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm15

4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm16

4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm17

4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm18

4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm19

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm19",
            "binary_name": "libtiff-opengl"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm19",
            "binary_name": "libtiff-tools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm19",
            "binary_name": "libtiff5"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm19",
            "binary_name": "libtiff5-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm19",
            "binary_name": "libtiffxx5"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17973.json"

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / tiff

Package

Name: tiff
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/tiff@4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm9?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/bionic

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

4.*

4.0.8-5

4.0.8-6

4.0.9-1

4.0.9-2

4.0.9-3

4.0.9-4

4.0.9-4ubuntu1

4.0.9-5

4.0.9-5ubuntu0.1

4.0.9-5ubuntu0.2

4.0.9-5ubuntu0.3

4.0.9-5ubuntu0.4

4.0.9-5ubuntu0.5

4.0.9-5ubuntu0.6

4.0.9-5ubuntu0.7

4.0.9-5ubuntu0.8

4.0.9-5ubuntu0.9

4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10

4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm1

4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm2

4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm3

4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm4

4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm5

4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm6

4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm7

4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm8

4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm9

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm9",
            "binary_name": "libtiff-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm9",
            "binary_name": "libtiff-opengl"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm9",
            "binary_name": "libtiff-tools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm9",
            "binary_name": "libtiff5"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm9",
            "binary_name": "libtiff5-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm9",
            "binary_name": "libtiffxx5"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17973.json"