CVE-2018-17000
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6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.2%
Description
A NULL pointer dereference in the function _TIFFmemcmp at tif_unix.c (called from TIFFWriteDirectoryTagTransferfunction) in LibTIFF 4.0.9 allows an attacker to cause a denial-of-service through a crafted tiff file. This vulnerability can be triggered by the executable tiffcp.
How to fix CVE-2018-17000
To remediate CVE-2018-17000, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/tiff—upgrade to 4.0.10-4 or later
- —upgrade to 4.0.3-12.3+deb8u8 or later
Is CVE-2018-17000 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 4.0.10-4
- from 0, < 4.0.3-12.3+deb8u8
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |