NULL pointer dereference in LibTIFF - CVE-2018-10126
Published: April 24, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU12116
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10126
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: LibTIFF
Affected software:
LibTIFF
LibTIFF
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in the jpeg_fdct_16x16 function in the jfdctint.c source code file due to NULL pointer dereference. A local attacker can use the tiff2pdf tool to print a specially crafted .tif file and cause the service to crash.
The weakness exists in the jpeg_fdct_16x16 function in the jfdctint.c source code file due to NULL pointer dereference. A local attacker can use the tiff2pdf tool to print a specially crafted .tif file and cause the service to crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-10126
Cybersecurity is currently unaware of any solutions addressing the vulnerability.