CVE-2018-16335

HIGH

LibTIFF - Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in ChopUpSingleUncompressedStrip

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

newoffsets handling in ChopUpSingleUncompressedStrip in tif_dirread.c in LibTIFF 4.0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF file, as demonstrated by tiff2pdf. This is a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-15209.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4349
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2809

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0192
EPSS Percentile 83.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux 9.0
libtiff/libtiff 4.0.9
Published Sep 02, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026