Heap-based buffer overflow in LibTIFF - CVE-2018-16335

CSH
CYBERSECURITY HELP
Sign In REGISTER
 
Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU16204

Heap-based buffer overflow in LibTIFF - CVE-2018-16335

Published: December 3, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU16204
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16335
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer overflow in newoffsets handling in ChopUpSingleUncompressedStrip in tif_dirread.c. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted crafted TIFF file, trigger memory corruption and cause the affected software to crash, resulting in a DoS condition.


Affected software

LibTIFF
Debian Linux
Opensuse
Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot

How to mitigate CVE-2018-16335

Install update from vendor's website.

Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot - update to dsyte2z-9.65

External References

Related Security Bulletins