High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 29, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-17973
CVE-2017-17973
Description
In LibTIFF 4.0.8, there is a heap-based use-after-free in the t2p_writeproc function in tiff2pdf.c. NOTE: there is a third-party report of inability to reproduce this issue
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Affected products
9- osv-coords7 versionspkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3
< 4.0.9-44.10.1+ 6 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.8.2-141.169.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.8.2-141.169.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.8.2-141.169.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.10.1
Patches
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References
4- bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/102331nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cginvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
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