vulnerability
Arch Linux: Arbitrary code execution (CVE-2018-8905)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Mar 22, 2018 | Jul 11, 2025 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Mar 22, 2018
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
In LibTIFF before 4.0.10, a heap-based buffer overflow (out-of-bounds write) occurs in the function LZWDecodeCompat in tif_lzw.c via a crafted TIFF file, as demonstrated by the tiff2ps tool.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
Rapid7 Labs
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