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Status published
Medium
CVE-2018-19210
In LibTIFF 4.0.9, there is a NULL pointer dereference in...
Vulnerability Description
In LibTIFF 4.0.9, there is a NULL pointer dereference in the TIFFWriteDirectorySec function in tif_dirwrite.c that will lead to a denial of service attack, as demonstrated by tiffset.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105932
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3906-1/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00026.html
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2820
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00041.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TX5UEYHGMTNEHJB4FHE7HCJ75UQDNKGB/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C6IL2QFKE6MGVUTOPU2UUWITTE36KRDF/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/5
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155095/Slackware-Security-Advisory-libtiff-Updates.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-25
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4670
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
libtiff, debian linux, ubuntu linux
Vulnerable Versions:
4.0.9, 8.0, 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 18.10
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 12th, 2018
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.