CVE-2018-18557
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CVE-2018-18557 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. LibTIFF 3.9.3, 3.9.4, 3.9.5, 3.9.6, 3.9.7, 4.0.0alpha4, 4.0.0alpha5, 4.0.0alpha6, 4.0.0beta7, 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.0.4beta, 4.0.5, 4.0.6, 4.0.7, 4.0.8 and 4.0.9 (with JBIG enabled) decodes arbitrarily-sized JBIG into a buffer, ignoring the buffer size, which leads to a tif_jbig.c JBIGDecode out-of-bounds write.. EPSS estimates a 14.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
LibTIFF 3.9.3, 3.9.4, 3.9.5, 3.9.6, 3.9.7, 4.0.0alpha4, 4.0.0alpha5, 4.0.0alpha6, 4.0.0beta7, 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.0.4beta, 4.0.5, 4.0.6, 4.0.7, 4.0.8 and 4.0.9 (with JBIG enabled) decodes arbitrarily-sized JBIG into a buffer, ignoring the buffer size, which leads to a tif_jbig.c JBIGDecode out-of-bounds write.
Metrics
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Libtiff | Libtiff | 4.0.9 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 8.0 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 9.0 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 14.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 16.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 18.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 18.10 |
References
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/merge_requests/38Third Party Advisory
- 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
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45694/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/merge_requests/38Third Party Advisory
- 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
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45694/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Timeline
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- Status
- Modified
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