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.

CVSS v3.0 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

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CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

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CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

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

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/halfbitteam/POCs/tree/master/libtiff-4.08_tiff2ps_heap_overflow	Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2780	Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00009.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00008.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00002.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4349	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3864-1/	Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/commit/58a898cb4459055bb488ca815c23b880c242a27d	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2053	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*

Configuration 3 (hide)

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

Configuration 4 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:::::::*

Information

Published : 2018-03-21 21:29

Updated : 2023-03-01 09:13

NVD link : CVE-2018-8905

Mitre link : CVE-2018-8905

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

Products Affected

redhat

enterprise_linux_desktop
enterprise_linux_workstation
enterprise_linux_server

libtiff

libtiff

canonical

ubuntu_linux

debian

debian_linux

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