CVE-2018-17101

Description

An issue was discovered in LibTIFF 4.0.9. There are two out-of-bounds writes in cpTags in tools/tiff2bw.c and tools/pal2rgb.c, which can cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image file.

Category

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.61%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/merge_requests/33/diffs?commit_id=f1b94e8a3ba49febdd3361c0214a1d1149251577 third party advisory patch
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3864-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105370 vdb entry third party advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4349 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2807 issue tracking third party advisory patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00019.html third party advisory mailing list
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3906-2/ vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2053 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-17101?
CVE-2018-17101 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-17101?
To fix CVE-2018-17101, 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-2018-17101 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2018-17101 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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