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CVE-2018-12900

Publication date 26 June 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

Heap-based buffer overflow in the cpSeparateBufToContigBuf function in tiffcp.c in LibTIFF 3.9.3, 3.9.4, 3.9.5, 3.9.6, 3.9.7, 4.0.0beta7, 4.0.0alpha4, 4.0.0alpha5, 4.0.0alpha6, 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.0.4beta, 4.0.5, 4.0.6, 4.0.7, 4.0.8 and 4.0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF file.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
tiff 18.10 cosmic
Fixed 4.0.9-6ubuntu0.2
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.2
17.10 artful Ignored end of life, was needed
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.6
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11

Notes

mdeslaur

issue is in tiffcp utility

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
tiff

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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