GCVE-110-MAGEIA-2018-246

Advisory Published

Vulnetix · Advisory published May 16, 2018

The TIFFWriteDirectorySec() function in tif_dirwrite.c in LibTIFF through 4.0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application crash) via a crafted file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-13726. (CVE-2018-10963) 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. (CVE-2018-8905)

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Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions	Platforms
Mageia	libtiff	0 (affected), 4.0.9-1.5.mga6 (unaffected)	—
Mageia	libtiff	0 (affected), 4.0.9-1.5.mga5 (unaffected)	—

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