CVE-2018-5784

Medium

Description

In LibTIFF 4.0.9, there is an uncontrolled resource consumption in the TIFFSetDirectory function of tif_dir.c. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted tif file. This occurs because the declared number of directory entries is not validated against the actual number of directory entries.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.5
Exploit probability—
ProductLibtiff
PublishedJan 19, 2018
First seenJan 19, 2018

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
libtiff libtiff4.0.9—
debian debian_linux7.0, 8.0, 9.0—
canonical ubuntu_linux14.04, 16.04, 17.10—

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