SB2018010201 - NULL pointer dereference in LibTIFF
Published: January 2, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018010201
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-18013)
CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
CVSSv4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference error in tif_print.c within TIFFPrintDirectory() function. A remote attacker can trigger a NULL pointer dereference error and crash the affected application.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.