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CVE-2017-17942

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Date: December 28, 2017

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

Language: C

Severity Score

8.8

Related Resources (6)

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17942

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17942

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102312

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17942

Url: http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2767

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-17942

Severity Score

8.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Out-of-bounds Read

CWE-125

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version 4.0.7

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	8.8
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.8
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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