UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17973

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17973

    Published: 29 Dec 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-17973

    Summary:

    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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17973, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17973

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: tiff

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm17?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    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
    4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm17

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