CVE-2018-17795

Summary

CVECVE-2018-17795
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-09-30 20:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-10-16 20:15:00 UTC
DescriptionThe function t2p_write_pdf in tiff2pdf.c in LibTIFF 4.0.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF file, a similar issue to CVE-2017-9935.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libtiff Libtiff 4.0.9 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 4.0.9 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
LibTIFF CVE-2018-17795 Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Pocs_for_Multi_Versions/CVE-2018-17795 at main · Hack-Me/Pocs_for_Multi_Versions · GitHub MISC github.com
Bug 2816 – heap-buffer-overflow problem in function t2p_write_pdf() in tiff2pdf.c, a different bug than 2704(CVE-2018-17795) MISC bugzilla.maptools.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 296091 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 6.1.4 Missing (CPUJAN2019)
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