High
Security advisory
In LibTIFF 4.0.9, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in the function PackBitsEncode in tif_packbits.c.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2017-17942
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 07:06 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In LibTIFF 4.0.9, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in the function PackBitsEncode in tif_packbits.c.
osv:CVE-2017-17942
Complete source record
{
"id": "0aa5ff0387643fc8072f64510757e71bd38af26efab00899f86566aff52d51e4",
"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-17942",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
"kind": "advisory",
"title": "CVE-2017-17942",
"summary": "In LibTIFF 4.0.9, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in the function PackBitsEncode in tif_packbits.c.",
"evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-17942",
"products": [],
"severity": "high",
"structured": {
"id": "CVE-2017-17942",
"aliases": [
"CVE-2017-17942"
],
"metrics": [
{
"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
}
],
"affected": [
{
"ranges": [
{
"repo": "https://github.com/vadz/libtiff",
"type": "GIT",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "636f2684a0faaf9510ae4219f286a53f98f37483"
},
{
"last_affected": "636f2684a0faaf9510ae4219f286a53f98f37483"
}
],
"database_specific": {
"extracted_events": [
{
"cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:4.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"range": [
{
"introduced": "4.0.9"
},
{
"last_affected": "4.0.9"
}
],
"source": "CPE_STRING"
}
]
}
}
],
"versions": [
"4.0.9",
"Release-v4-0-9"
],
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-17942.json"
}
},
{
"ranges": [
{
"repo": "https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff",
"type": "GIT",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "020bd2fd3b4235b2175dafa9633d2b191c50e7cd"
},
{
"last_affected": "020bd2fd3b4235b2175dafa9633d2b191c50e7cd"
}
],
"database_specific": {
"extracted_events": [
{
"cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:4.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"range": [
{
"introduced": "4.0.9"
},
{
"last_affected": "4.0.9"
}
],
"source": "CPE_STRING"
}
]
}
}
],
"versions": [
"4.0.9",
"v4.0.9"
],
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-17942.json"
}
}
],
"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:48.701031073Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [],
"provider_metadata": {}
},
"related_cves": [
{
"value": "CVE-2017-17942",
"evidence": "/id"
}
],
"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 436823,
"published_at": "2017-12-28T06:29:00.537+00:00"
}