Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 13, 2018· Updated Aug 5, 2024
CVE-2018-17000
CVE-2018-17000
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.
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Affected products
13- osv-coords12 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/tiff&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/tiff&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP4pkg: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%20Module%20for%20Package%20Hub%2015pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5
< 4.0.9-lp150.4.16.1+ 11 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-lp150.4.16.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.3.0-1.3
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-5.27.5
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-5.27.5
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-5.27.5
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.42.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
No source-code context for this CVE — mechanics is only generated when we can read the actual fix diff. Without that, the four sections (root cause, attack vector, affected code, fix) would be speculation rather than analysis.
References
6- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00041.htmlmitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- usn.ubuntu.com/3906-1/mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4670mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgimitrex_refsource_MISC
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/105342mitrevdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00026.htmlmitremailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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