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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2018-10963: Security patch for libtiff (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
May 10, 2018
Added
Apr 27, 2020
Modified
May 20, 2026

Description

The TIFFWriteDirectorySec() function in tif_dirwrite.c in LibTIFF through 4.0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application crash) via a crafted file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-13726.

Solutions

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