CVE-2018-5784
MEDIUM6.5EPSS 0.37%Published: 1/19/2018Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
In LibTIFF 4.0.9, there is an uncontrolled resource consumption in the TIFFSetDirectory function of tif_dir.c. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted tif file. This occurs because the declared number of directory entries is not validated against the actual number of directory entries.
Affected packages (2)
- Alpine/tifffrom 0, < 4.0.9-r2
- Debian/tifffrom 0, < 4.0.9-4
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 |