CVE-2018-17101

libtiff5: An issue was discovered in LibTIFF 4.0.9

CVE-2018-17101 is fixed in 4 products on 1 platform, first by libtiff-opengl 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.1, released October 25, 2018. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
n/a
Medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0314
87th percentile

An issue was discovered in LibTIFF 4.0.9. There are two out-of-bounds writes in cpTags in tools/tiff2bw.c and tools/pal2rgb.c, which can cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image file.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
libtiff-opengl · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.1 libtiff-opengl 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.1 Oct 25, 2018
libtiff-tools · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.1 libtiff-tools 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.1 Oct 25, 2018
libtiff5 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.1 libtiff5 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.1 Oct 25, 2018
libtiffxx5 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.1 libtiffxx5 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.1 Oct 25, 2018

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