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A vulnerability was found in LibTIFF 4.0.9 (Image Processing Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function ChopUpSingleUncompressedStrip of the file tif_dirread.c of the component TIFF File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

newoffsets handling in 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. This is a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-15209.

The bug was discovered 09/02/2018. The weakness was presented 09/02/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.maptools.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-16335 since 09/01/2018. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 118321 (SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : tiff (SUSE-SU-2018:3289-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 171667 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for tiff (SUSE-SU-2018:3289-1)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (118321). See 102818, 104510, 122731 and 124108 for similar entries.

Productinfo

Type

• Image Processing Software

Name

• LibTIFF

Version

• 4.0.9

License

• open-source

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.9

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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NVD Base Score: 8.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 118321
Nessus Name: SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : tiff (SUSE-SU-2018:3289-1)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

08/07/2018 🔍
09/01/2018 +24 days 🔍
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10/23/2018 +1 days 🔍
03/19/2020 +513 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: libtiff.org

Advisory: bugzilla.maptools.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2018-16335 (🔍)
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SecurityFocus: 105092 - LibTIFF CVE-2018-15209 Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/03/2018 06:46
Updated: 03/19/2020 23:16
Changes: 09/03/2018 06:46 (75), 03/19/2020 23:16 (5)
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