vulnerability

Oracle Linux: CVE-2018-15209: ELSA-2024-5079: libtiff security update (MODERATE)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Aug 7, 2018
Added
Aug 16, 2024
Modified
Nov 28, 2025

Description

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.

Solutions

oracle-linux-upgrade-libtifforacle-linux-upgrade-libtiff-develoracle-linux-upgrade-libtiff-tools
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