#VU13364 Resource exhaustion in LibTIFF - CVE-2018-10801
Published: June 14, 2018 / Updated: June 15, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13364
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10801
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
LibTIFF
LibTIFF
Software vendor:
LibTIFF
LibTIFF
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input processed by the TIFFClientOpen function, as defined in the tif_unix.c source code file. A remote attacker can use the .bmp2tiff command to execute a file that submits malicious input to the system, trigger memory leaks and cause the affected software to crash, resulting in a DoS condition.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any solutions addressing the vulnerability.