SB2018050811 - Denial of service in LibTIFF
Published: May 8, 2018 Updated: May 21, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018050811
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Heap-based buffer over-read (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10779)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists in the TIFFWriteScanline function in the tif_write.csource code file due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A local attacker can use the .bmp2tiff command to execute a specially crafted file, trigger heap-based buffer over-read and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.