CVE-2018-8905

HIGH

LibTIFF 4.0.9 - Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in LZWDecodeCompat via Crafted TIFF File

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In LibTIFF 4.0.9, a heap-based buffer overflow occurs in the function LZWDecodeCompat in tif_lzw.c via a crafted TIFF file, as demonstrated by tiff2ps.

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2780
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00009.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00008.html
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
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2053

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0064
EPSS Percentile 70.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (11)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.10
debian/debian_linux 7.0
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
libtiff/libtiff 4.0.9
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server 7.0
... and 1 more
Published Mar 22, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026