UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17942

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17942

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17942.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17942

Upstream

CVE-2017-17942

Published

2017-12-28T06:29:00Z

Modified

2025-09-08T16:44:33Z

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
Ubuntu - low

Summary

[none]

Details

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

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / tiff

Package

Name: tiff
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/tiff@4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm15?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

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm15",
            "binary_name": "libtiff-opengl"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm15",
            "binary_name": "libtiff-tools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm15",
            "binary_name": "libtiff4-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm15",
            "binary_name": "libtiff5"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm15",
            "binary_name": "libtiff5-alt-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm15",
            "binary_name": "libtiff5-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm15",
            "binary_name": "libtiffxx5"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / tiff

Package

Name: tiff
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/tiff@4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm18?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

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm18",
            "binary_name": "libtiff-opengl"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm18",
            "binary_name": "libtiff-tools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm18",
            "binary_name": "libtiff5"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm18",
            "binary_name": "libtiff5-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm18",
            "binary_name": "libtiffxx5"
        }
    ]
}