High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 22, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-8905
CVE-2018-8905
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.
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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: < 4.0.9-44.15.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-5.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-5.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.8.2-141.169.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.15.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.8.2-141.169.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.15.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.8.2-141.169.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.15.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
9- gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/commit/58a898cb4459055bb488ca815c23b880c242a27dnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- github.com/halfbitteam/POCs/tree/master/libtiff-4.08_tiff2ps_heap_overflownvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2053nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00008.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00009.htmlnvdMailing ListThird 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
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