CVE-2018-19210
MEDIUMLibTIFF 4.0.9 - Denial of Service via NULL Pointer Dereference in TIFFWriteDirectorySec
Title source: llmDescription
In LibTIFF 4.0.9, there is a NULL pointer dereference in the TIFFWriteDirectorySec function in tif_dirwrite.c that will lead to a denial of service attack, as demonstrated by tiffset.
References (11)
Core 11
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105932
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3906-1/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00026.html
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2820
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00041.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TX5UEYHGMTNEHJB4FHE7HCJ75UQDNKGB/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C6IL2QFKE6MGVUTOPU2UUWITTE36KRDF/
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/5
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155095/Slackware-Security-Advisory-libtiff-Updates.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-25
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4670
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0630
EPSS Percentile
91.1%
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
Nov 12, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026