CVE-2018-17795

Publication date 30 September 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

The function t2p_write_pdf in tiff2pdf.c in LibTIFF 4.0.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF file, a similar issue to CVE-2017-9935.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
tiff 18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.4
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.9

Notes


mdeslaur

addressed by same commit as CVE-2017-9935 we will not be fixing this issue in precise/esm

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H