CVE-2017-9935 - CVE House

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Status published High CVE-2017-9935

In LibTIFF 4.0.8, there is a heap-based buffer overflow in...

8.8 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

In LibTIFF 4.0.8, there is a heap-based buffer overflow in the t2p_write_pdf function in tools/tiff2pdf.c. This heap overflow could lead to different damages. For example, a crafted TIFF document can lead to an out-of-bounds read in TIFFCleanup, an invalid free in TIFFClose or t2p_free, memory corruption in t2p_readwrite_pdf_image, or a double free in t2p_free. Given these possibilities, it probably could cause arbitrary code execution.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

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A NULL pointer dereference in TIFFClose() is caused by a failure to open an output file (non-existent path or a path that requires permissions like /dev/null) while specifying zones.

LibTIFF 4.4.0 has an out-of-bounds write in tiffcrop in tools/tiffcrop.c:3609,...

LibTIFF 4.4.0 has an out-of-bounds write in tiffcrop in tools/tiffcrop.c:3516,...

LibTIFF 4.4.0 has an out-of-bounds write in tiffcrop in tools/tiffcrop.c:3724,...

LibTIFF 4.4.0 has an out-of-bounds write in tiffcrop in libtiff/tif_unix.c:368,...

Affected Vendor

libtiff

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Affected Software

libtiff, ubuntu linux, debian linux

Vulnerable Versions:

0, 14.04, 16.04, 17.10, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0

Timeline

Official Publish: June 26th, 2017

Last Modified: August 5th, 2024

Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.