high8.8
CVE-2018-8905
In LibTIFF 4.0.9, a heap-based buffer overflow occurs in the function LZWDecodeCompat in tif_lzw.c via a crafted TIFF file, as demonstrated by tiff2ps.
Impact
In LibTIFF 4.0.9, a heap-based buffer overflow occurs in the function LZWDecodeCompat in tif_lzw.c via a crafted TIFF file, as demonstrated by tiff2ps.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Libtiff | Libtiff | Version 4.0.9 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Versions 7.0, 8.0, 9.0 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Versions 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 18.10 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Desktop | Version 7.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server | Version 7.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Workstation | Version 7.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2780
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2053
- https://github.com/halfbitteam/POCs/tree/master/libtiff-4.08_tiff2ps_heap_overflow
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/commit/58a898cb4459055bb488ca815c23b880c242a27d
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00008.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00009.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00002.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3864-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4349
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2780
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2053
- https://github.com/halfbitteam/POCs/tree/master/libtiff-4.08_tiff2ps_heap_overflow
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/commit/58a898cb4459055bb488ca815c23b880c242a27d
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00008.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00009.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00002.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3864-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4349