CVE-2018-15209
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.68%
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.
How to fix CVE-2018-15209
To remediate CVE-2018-15209, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/tiff—upgrade to 4.0.9-5 or later
Is CVE-2018-15209 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 4.0.9-5
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |