CVE-2018-10779

Publication date 7 May 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

TIFFWriteScanline in tif_write.c in LibTIFF 3.8.2 has a heap-based buffer over-read, as demonstrated by bmp2tiff.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
tiff 18.10 cosmic
Fixed 4.0.9-6ubuntu0.2
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.2
17.10 artful Ignored end of life, was needed
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.6
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11

Notes

mdeslaur

upstream removed the bmp2tiff utility in 4.0.7, but this issue is in the library, not the utility

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
tiff

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

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