CVE-2018-17000

Summary

CVECVE-2018-17000
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-09-13 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-04-05 21:29:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 4.0.9 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 4.0.9 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Malformed Request BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-3906-1: LibTIFF vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1680-1] tiff security update MLIST lists.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1161-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Bug 2811 – A null pointer deference in function _TIFFmemcmp at tif_unix.c:352 in libtiff4.0.9 (CVE-2018-17000) MISC bugzilla.maptools.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4670-1 tiff DEBIAN www.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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