High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 16, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-17101
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.
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Affected products
11- osv-coords10 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%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3
< 4.3.0-1.3+ 9 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.3.0-1.3
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.24.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-5.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-5.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.8.2-141.169.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.24.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.8.2-141.169.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.24.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.8.2-141.169.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.24.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/merge_requests/33/diffsnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/105370nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00019.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
- usn.ubuntu.com/3906-2/nvd
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