CVE-2018-5360

Public Exploit

Description

LibTIFF before 4.0.6 mishandles the reading of TIFF files, as demonstrated by a heap-based buffer over-read in the ReadTIFFImage function in coders/tiff.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.27.

Category

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.48%
Third-Party Advisory maptools.org Third-Party Advisory gitlab.com Third-Party Advisory sourceforge.net
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/540/ third party advisory issue tracking exploit
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/commit/739dcd28a061738b317c1e9f91029d9cbc157159 third party advisory patch
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2500 third party advisory issue tracking exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-5360?
CVE-2018-5360 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-5360?
To fix CVE-2018-5360, 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-2018-5360 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-5360 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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