CVE-2018-17000

A NULL pointer dereference in the function _TIFFmemcmp at tif_unix.c (called from TIFFWriteDirectoryTagTransferfunction) in LibTIFF 4.0.9 allows an attacker to cause a denial-of-service through a crafted tiff file. This vulnerability can be triggered by the executable tiffcp.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2811	Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00041.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105342	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00026.html	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3906-1/	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4670

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:4.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-09-13 16:29

Updated : 2019-04-05 21:29

NVD link : CVE-2018-17000

Mitre link : CVE-2018-17000

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-17000

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Products Affected

libtiff

libtiff

debian

debian_linux

canonical

ubuntu_linux

CWE

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

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