CVE-2018-5784

high
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
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

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-5784

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5784.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201811-18

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed4.0.9-2
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed4.0.9-4
debian debianbullseyefixed4.0.9-4
debian debianforkyfixed4.0.9-4
debian debiansidfixed4.0.9-4
debian debiantrixiefixed4.0.9-4

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.