vulnerability
VMware Photon OS: CVE-2018-17101
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Sep 16, 2018 | Jan 20, 2025 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Sep 16, 2018
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
An issue was discovered in LibTIFF 4.0.9. There are two out-of-bounds writes in cpTags in tools/tiff2bw.c and tools/pal2rgb.c, which can cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image file.
Solution
vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
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