CVE-2018-19210

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-19210
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-11-12 19:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:55:00 UTC
DescriptionIn 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.

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
Bug 2820 – There is a Segmentation fault at tif_dirwrite.c:1896 in tiffset (CVE-2018-19210) MISC bugzilla.maptools.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Slackware Security Advisory - libtiff Updates ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: libtiff-4.0.10-5.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: libtiff-4.0.10-5.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
libTIFF: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202003-25) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
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 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: libtiff-4.0.10-5.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Bugtraq: [slackware-security] libtiff (SSA:2019-308-01) BUGTRAQ seclists.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1161-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: libtiff-4.0.10-5.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
LibTIFF CVE-2018-19210 Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4670-1 tiff DEBIAN www.debian.org
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