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title: "CVE-2018-14378\n    | Ubuntu"
description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-14378?format=md
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# CVE-2018-14378

Publication date 17 July 2018

Last updated 4 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

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

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## Description

Rejected reason: DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: none.
Reason: This candidate was withdrawn by its CNA. Further investigation
showed that it was not a security issue. Notes: none

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-14378?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| tiff | 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 17.10 artful | Ignored end of life |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |

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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)

as of 2018-08-03, no upstream fix

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14378)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14378)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2018-14378)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-14378)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14378>