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title: "CVE-2018-10801\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2018-10801

Publication date 8 May 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Negligible**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**6.5 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-10801?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

TIFFClientOpen in tif\_unix.c in LibTIFF 3.8.2 has memory leaks, as
demonstrated by bmp2tiff.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-10801?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| tiff | 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 17.10 artful | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

upstream removed the bmp2tiff utility in 4.0.7
this is a memory leak in a command-line tool, we will not be
fixing this issue in precise, trusty or xenial. Marking as
ignored.

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

6.5 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | Required |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | None |
  | Integrity impact | None |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 6.5 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-10801)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10801)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2018-10801)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-10801)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-10801>