CVE-2017-17095

Publication date 2 December 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Negligible

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

tools/pal2rgb.c in pal2rgb in LibTIFF 4.0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (TIFFSetupStrips heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF file.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
tiff 17.10 artful
Fixed 4.0.8-5ubuntu0.1
17.04 zesty Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.4
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.9

Notes

mdeslaur

proposed patch in upstream bug we will not be fixing this issue in precise/esm

Patch details

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Package Patch details
tiff

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 8.8 · High

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

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3606-1
    • LibTIFF vulnerabilities
    • 26 March 2018

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