CVE-2018-5784

Summary

CVECVE-2018-5784
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-01-19 08:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-04-22 16:19:00 UTC
DescriptionIn LibTIFF 4.0.9, there is an uncontrolled resource consumption in the TIFFSetDirectory function of tif_dir.c. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted tif file. This occurs because the declared number of directory entries is not validated against the actual number of directory entries.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-400

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 17.10 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 17.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 4.0.9 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 4.0.9 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 2772 – Uncontrolled resource consumption in TIFFSetDirectory (src/libtiff/tif_dir.c) (CVE-2018-5784) MISC bugzilla.maptools.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
USN-3602-1: LibTIFF vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1411-1] tiff security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Fix for bug 2772 (473851d2) · Commits · libtiff / libtiff · GitLab CONFIRM gitlab.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1391-1] tiff security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4349-1 tiff DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
USN-3606-1: LibTIFF vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500698 Alpine Linux Security Update for tiff
  • 504467 Alpine Linux Security Update for tiff

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