CVE-2018-16335
moderate-risk
Published 2018-09-02
newoffsets handling in ChopUpSingleUncompressedStrip in tif_dirread.c in LibTIFF 4.0.9 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, as demonstrated by tiff2pdf. This is a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-15209.
Do I need to act?
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1.9% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
8
CVSS 8.8/10
High
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (2)
References (4)
Issue Tracking
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2809
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4349
Issue Tracking
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2809
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4349
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity
30/34 · Critical
Exploitability
5/34 · Minimal
Exposure
7/34 · Low