Input validation error in LibTIFF - CVE-2018-10963
Published: June 16, 2018 / Updated: June 17, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13373
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10963
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: LibTIFF
Affected software:
LibTIFF
LibTIFF
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause denial of service conditions.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input processed by the TIFFWriteDirectorySec() function, as defined in the tif_dirwrite.c source code file. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted file, trigger assertion failure and cause the application to crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-10963
Install update from vendor's website.