Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published May 10, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-10963
CVE-2018-10963
Description
The TIFFWriteDirectorySec() function in tif_dirwrite.c in LibTIFF through 4.0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application crash) via a crafted file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-13726.
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Affected products
8- osv-coords7 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/tiff&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3
< 4.3.0-1.3+ 6 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.3.0-1.3
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.15.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-5.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-5.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.15.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.15.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.15.2
Patches
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References
5- bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00002.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3864-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4349nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2053nvd
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