CVE-2017-17942
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.41%
Description
In LibTIFF 4.0.9, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in the function PackBitsEncode in tif_packbits.c.
How to fix CVE-2017-17942
To remediate CVE-2017-17942, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/tiff—upgrade to 4.0.6-3 or later
Is CVE-2017-17942 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 4.0.6-3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |