PT-2018-3345 · Libtiff+4 · Libtiff+4

Salvatore Bonaccorso · Published 2018-10-25 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2018-18661

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: LibTIFF version 4.0.9

Description: The issue is related to a NULL pointer dereference in the LZWDecode function. This can be exploited by a remote attacker using a specially crafted graphic file, potentially allowing the execution of arbitrary code or causing a denial of service.

Recommendations: For LibTIFF version 4.0.9, consider disabling the LZWDecode function as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict the use of LibTIFF 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

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-00196

CESA-2019_2053

CVE-2018-18661

DLA-2009-1

MGASA-2018-0444

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_3947-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_3948-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11461-1

RHSA-2019:2053

RHSA-2019_2053

SUSE-SU-2018:3879-1

SUSE-SU-2018:3911-1

SUSE-SU-2018:3911-2

SUSE-SU-2018:3925-1

USN-3864-1

Affected Products

Centos

Libtiff

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 163

• 🔥 https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/tree/master/libtiff · Exploit
• 🔥 http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2819 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/halfbitteam/POCs/tree/master/libtiff-4.08_tiff2ps_heap_overflow · Exploit
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-01064 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-18557 · Vendor Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2053 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-01071 · 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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-7456 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-01063 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12900 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2021-03591 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-01070 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2018-18661 · Vendor Advisory