CVE-2018-17000
MEDIUMlibtiff - Denial of Service via NULL Pointer Dereference in _TIFFmemcmp
Title source: llmDescription
A NULL pointer dereference in the function _TIFFmemcmp at tif_unix.c (called from TIFFWriteDirectoryTagTransferfunction) in LibTIFF 4.0.9 allows an attacker to cause a denial-of-service through a crafted tiff file. This vulnerability can be triggered by the executable tiffcp.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2811
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105342
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3906-1/
Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00026.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00041.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4670
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0121
EPSS Percentile
79.2%
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-476
Status
published
Products (6)
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
libtiff/libtiff
4.0.9
Published
Sep 13, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026