CVE-2018-8905

Public Exploit

Description

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.

Category

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.09% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2780 third party advisory issue tracking exploit
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00009.html third party advisory mailing list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00008.html third party advisory mailing list
https://github.com/halfbitteam/POCs/tree/master/libtiff-4.08_tiff2ps_heap_overflow third party advisory exploit
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3864-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4349 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00002.html third party advisory mailing list
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/commit/58a898cb4459055bb488ca815c23b880c242a27d third party advisory patch
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2053 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-8905?
CVE-2018-8905 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-8905?
To fix CVE-2018-8905, 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-2018-8905 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-8905 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. 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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