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CVE-2018-10779

Published: 7 May 2018

TIFFWriteScanline in tif_write.c in LibTIFF 3.8.2 has a heap-based buffer over-read, as demonstrated by bmp2tiff.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
upstream removed the bmp2tiff utility in 4.0.7, but this issue
is in the library, not the utility

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
tiff
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Needed

bionic
Released (4.0.9-5ubuntu0.2)
cosmic
Released (4.0.9-6ubuntu0.2)
trusty
Released (4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11)
upstream Needs triage

xenial
Released (4.0.6-1ubuntu0.6)
Patches:
upstream: https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/commit/981e43ecae83935625c86c9118c0778c942c7048

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5
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