Medium severity · published Oct 26, 2018
CVE-2018-18661
An issue was discovered in LibTIFF 4.0.9
6.5
CVSS
2.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in LibTIFF 4.0.9. There is a NULL pointer dereference in the function LZWDecode in the file tif_lzw.c.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.9% · higher than 87% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Libtiff · Libtiff
4.0.9 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
14.04; 16.04; 18.04; 18.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18661
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-18661
Exploit
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2819
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105762
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2053
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00027.html
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3864-1/
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