Description
An issue was discovered in LibTIFF 4.0.9. There are two out-of-bounds writes in cpTags in tools/tiff2bw.c and tools/pal2rgb.c, which can cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image file.
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/merge_requests/33/diffs?commit_id=f1b94e8a3ba49febdd3361c0214a1d1149251577
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3864-1/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105370
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=2807
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00019.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3906-2/
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2053
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.0054
EPSS Percentile
67.8%
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 (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
Sep 16, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026