PT-2018-2589 · Libtiff+4 · Libtiff+4

Xiaosatianyu · Published 2018-03-17 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2018-8905

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions LibTIFF version 4.0.9

Description A heap-based buffer overflow occurs in the LZWDecodeCompat function in tif lzw.c via a crafted TIFF file. This issue can be exploited by a remote attacker to cause a denial of service using a specially crafted TIFF file.

Recommendations For LibTIFF version 4.0.9, consider disabling the LZWDecodeCompat function as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to handling TIFF files to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Buffer Overflow

Heap Based Buffer Overflow

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

CWE-122

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

BDU:2019-01064

CESA-2019_2053

CVE-2018-8905

DLA-1377-1

DLA-1378-1

DLA-1411-1

DSA-4349-1

MGASA-2018-0246

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_1834-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_1956-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11461-1

RHSA-2019:2053

RHSA-2019_2053

SUSE-SU-2018:1826-1

SUSE-SU-2018:1835-1

SUSE-SU-2018:1889-1

USN-3864-1

Affected Products

Centos

Libtiff

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 179

• 🔥 https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/tree/master/libtiff · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/halfbitteam/POCs/tree/master/libtiff-4.08_tiff2ps_heap_overflow · Exploit
• 🔥 http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2780 · Exploit
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-01064 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-18557 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-1411-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2053 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=57444186 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2018-8905 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-11613 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-01071 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8905 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-00196 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17095 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-8905 · Vendor Advisory