CVE-2017-18013

Publication date 1 January 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Negligible

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

In LibTIFF 4.0.9, there is a Null-Pointer Dereference in the tif_print.c TIFFPrintDirectory function, as demonstrated by a tiffinfo crash.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
tiff 17.10 artful
Fixed 4.0.8-5ubuntu0.1
17.04 zesty Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.3
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.8

Notes

mdeslaur

introduced in https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/commit/7057734d986001b7fd6d2afde9667da7754ff2cc which is 4.0.9 only we will not be fixing this issue in precise/esm

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
tiff

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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