CVE-2018-8905

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 High 8.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-8905
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-03-22T04:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-03-01T17:13:02
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-787 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/787.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:4.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/halfbitteam/POCs/tree/master/libtiff-4.08_tiff2ps_heap_overflow Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2780 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00009.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00008.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00002.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4349 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3864-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/commit/58a898cb4459055bb488ca815c23b880c242a27d Patch Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2053
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8905
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8905
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:32:03 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 03:42:03 2018-03-22T04:29Z 2018-03-22T04:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 03:42:03 2020-08-24T17:37:01 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 03:42:03 Modified Vulnerability Status updated
2022-12-29 13:07:17 Modified Undergoing Analysis Vulnerability Status updated
2023-03-01 20:07:01 2023-03-01T17:13:02 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-03-01 20:07:01 Undergoing Analysis Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated