Out-of-bounds Read Affecting tiff package, versions *
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.29% (69th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1604-TIFF-405238
- published 28 Dec 2017
- disclosed 28 Dec 2017
Introduced: 28 Dec 2017
CVE-2017-17942 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:16.04 tiff.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tiff package and not the tiff package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
In LibTIFF 4.0.9, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in the function PackBitsEncode in tif_packbits.c.