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CVE-2017-9935

Published: 26 June 2017

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.

Notes

AuthorNote
ratliff
reproducer errors out rather than crashing on trusty & zesty
sbeattie
possibly only affects tiff tools, not libtiff itself
mdeslaur
patch in upstream bug
we will not be fixing this issue in precise/esm

Priority

Medium

CVSS 3 base score: 8.8

Status

Package Release Status
tiff
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful
Released (4.0.8-5ubuntu0.1)
precise Ignored

trusty
Released (4.0.3-7ubuntu0.9)
upstream
Released (4.0.9-2)
xenial
Released (4.0.6-1ubuntu0.4)
yakkety Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
zesty Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
Patches:
upstream: https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/commit/3dd8f6a357981a4090f126ab9025056c938b6940
upstream: https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/commit/d4f213636b6f950498a1386083199bd7f65676b9