Name: CVE-2017-17942: Out-of-bounds Read
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-12-28T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2017-17942, CWE-125, CVSS 8.8, EPSS 0.00369

In LibTIFF 4.0.9, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in the function PackBitsEncode in tif_packbits.c.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 8.8
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade tiff	Jul 30, 2024	Dec 28, 2017
Oracle Solaris	—	Upgrade image/library/libtiff to version 4.0.9-11.4.4.0.1.2.0 on Solaris 11.4	Dec 17, 2018	Dec 28, 2017
Redhat_linux	—	No solution exists	Jul 9, 2025	Dec 28, 2017
Suse	—	Upgrade libtiff-devel-32bitUpgrade tiffUpgrade libtiff3-x86Upgrade libtiff5Upgrade libtiff3Upgrade libtiff-develUpgrade libtiff5-32bitUpgrade libtiff3-32bit	Sep 12, 2018	Dec 28, 2017

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CVSS Details

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