CVE-2018-10963

MEDIUM

libtiff < 4.0.9 - Denial of Service via TIFFWriteDirectorySec Assertion Failure

Title source: llm

Description

The TIFFWriteDirectorySec() function in tif_dirwrite.c in LibTIFF through 4.0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application crash) via a crafted file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-13726.

References (5)

Core 5

Core References

Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2795

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3864-1/

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4349

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00002.html

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2053

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0013

EPSS Percentile 32.8%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-617

Status published

Products (7)

canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04

canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04

canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04

canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.10

debian/debian_linux 8.0

debian/debian_linux 9.0

libtiff/libtiff < 4.0.9

Published May 10, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026