CVE-2018-8905

high
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
8.0

Description

In LibTIFF 4.0.9, a heap-based buffer overflow occurs in the function LZWDecodeCompat in tif_lzw.c via a crafted TIFF file, as demonstrated by tiff2ps.

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-2018-8905

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-8905.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 debianbookwormfixed4.0.9-6
debian debianbullseyefixed4.0.9-6
debian debianforkyfixed4.0.9-6
debian debiansidfixed4.0.9-6
debian debiantrixiefixed4.0.9-6

References

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