PT-2018-2594 · Libtiff+5 · Libtiff+5

C1208828

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Published

2018-05-09

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Updated

2024-06-15

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CVE-2018-10963

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

VectorAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions LibTIFF versions prior to 4.0.9
Description The issue is related to insufficient input validation in the TIFFWriteDirectorySec() function, which can be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an assertion failure and application crash. This can be achieved through a crafted file.
Recommendations For versions prior to 4.0.9, update to version 4.0.9 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the TIFFWriteDirectorySec() function until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

RCE

Assertion Failure

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20CWE-617

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2019-1628
BDU:2019-01070
CESA-2019_2053
CVE-2018-10963
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-2018:1889-1
USN-3864-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux
Centos
Libtiff
Red Hat
Suse
Ubuntu