vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2018-16335: libtiff: Heap-based buffer overflow in ChopUpSingleUncompressedStrip in tif_dirread.c
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Sep 2, 2018 | Jul 9, 2025 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Sep 2, 2018
Added
Jul 9, 2025
Modified
Jul 9, 2025
Description
newoffsets handling in 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. This is a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-15209.
Solution
no-fix-redhat-rpm-package
References
Rapid7 Labs
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