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    CVE-2017-17973

    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

    Published:Dec 29, 2017
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Dec 29, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.00419
    CVSS Score:8.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Libtiff
    Product
    Libtiff

    Exploits

    http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2769http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2769

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-416 Use After Free

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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