CVE-2018-17000

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2018-09-13
CWE:
CWE-119
Bugzilla:
1630004: CVE-2018-17000 libtiff: NULL pointer dereference in function _TIFFmemcmp at tif_unix.c

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2018-17000 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 4.7
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3 libtiff Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libtiff Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 compat-libtiff3 Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libtiff Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 libtiff Not affected

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