CVE-2018-5784
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
8.0
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-5784
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5784.html
Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201811-18
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 4.0.9-2 | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.0.9-4 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.0.9-4 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.0.9-4 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.0.9-4 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.0.9-4 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.