Security advisory

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  "id": "acf52f672e9891f86b868f7e845b4a238864e95ddd48c3266eca33bf0ca4e067",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-17973",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-17973",
    "summary": "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",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-17973",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-17973",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-17973"
      ],
      "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": "4a25fa0efc03a4e71740efc748c24b93152b1807"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "4a25fa0efc03a4e71740efc748c24b93152b1807"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:4.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "4.0.8"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "4.0.8"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "4.0.8",
            "Release-v4-0-8"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-17973.json"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "84e1f1b66df4c91951cfc17556d5228d0d3e5c9f"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "84e1f1b66df4c91951cfc17556d5228d0d3e5c9f"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:4.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "4.0.8"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "4.0.8"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "4.0.8",
            "v4.0.8"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-17973.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:36.308552353Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1074318",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1530912"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-17973",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 433940,
  "published_at": "2017-12-29T21:29:00.19+00:00"
}