CVE-2018-19210

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    CVE-2018-19210

    Published: 12 Nov 2018Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: In LibTIFF 4.0.9, there is a NULL pointer dereference in the TIFFWriteDirectorySec function in tif_dirwrite.c that will lead to a denial of service attack, as demonstrated by tiffset.

    References: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00041.html, http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155095/Slackware-Security-Advisory-libtiff-Updates.html, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C6IL2QFKE6MGVUTOPU2UUWITTE36KRDF/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TX5UEYHGMTNEHJB4FHE7HCJ75UQDNKGB/, https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/5, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105932, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00026.html, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-25, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3906-1/, https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4670, http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2820

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 636f2684a0faaf9510ae4219f286a53f98f37483
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    4.0.9

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High