CVE-2018-16335

Publication date 2 September 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

newoffsets handling in ChopUpSingleUncompressedStrip in tif_dirread.c in LibTIFF 4.0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF file, as demonstrated by tiff2pdf. This is a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-15209.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
tiff 18.10 cosmic
Fixed 4.0.9-4ubuntu1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.0.9-4ubuntu1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.4
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.9

Notes

mdeslaur

fixed by the same commits as CVE-2017-11613 we will not be fixing this issue in precise/esm

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

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