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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…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LibtiffLibtiff
Version 4.0.9
DebianDebian Linux
Version 8.0
CanonicalUbuntu Linux
Versions 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 18.10

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