CVE-2018-17000

Public Exploit

Description

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.

Category

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.55% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2811 issue tracking exploit third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105342 vdb entry third party advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3906-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00026.html third party advisory mailing list
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00041.html vendor advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4670 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-17000?
CVE-2018-17000 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-17000?
To fix CVE-2018-17000, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-17000 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-17000 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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