CVE-2018-17101
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CVE-2018-17101 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. An issue was discovered in LibTIFF 4.0.9. There are two out-of-bounds writes in cpTags in tools/tiff2bw.c and tools/pal2rgb.c, which can cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image file.. EPSS estimates a 3.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
An issue was discovered in LibTIFF 4.0.9. There are two out-of-bounds writes in cpTags in tools/tiff2bw.c and tools/pal2rgb.c, which can cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image file.
Metrics
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian | Debian Linux | 8.0 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 9.0 |
| Libtiff | Libtiff | 4.0.9 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 14.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 16.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 18.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 18.10 |
References
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2807Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105370Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00019.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3864-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4349Third Party Advisory
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2807Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105370Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00019.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3864-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4349Third Party Advisory
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- Status
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