In LibTIFF 4.0.9, there is a NULL pointer dereference in the TIFFWriteDirectorySec function in tif_dirwrite.c that will lead to a denial of service attack, as demonstrated by tiffset.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.5
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade tiff | Feb 20, 2019 | Nov 12, 2018 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade media-libs/tiff. | Mar 16, 2020 | Nov 12, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade libtiffUpgrade libtiff-devel | Dec 4, 2019 | Nov 12, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade libtiffUpgrade libtiff-devel | Dec 18, 2019 | Nov 12, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade libtiffUpgrade libtiff-devel | May 1, 2019 | Nov 12, 2018 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade image/library/libtiff to version 4.0.10-11.4.14.0.1.1.0 on Solaris 11.4 | Oct 16, 2019 | Nov 12, 2018 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Nov 12, 2018 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libtiff5-32bitUpgrade tiffUpgrade libtiff5Upgrade libtiff-devel-32bitUpgrade libtiff-devel | Dec 9, 2018 | Nov 12, 2018 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libtiff-toolsUpgrade libtiff5 | Apr 1, 2019 | Nov 12, 2018 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Nov 12, 2018 |
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