UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17101

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17101

    Published: 16 Sept 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-17101

    Summary:

    Details: An issue was discovered in LibTIFF 4.0.9. There are two out-of-bounds writes in cpTags in tools/tiff2bw.c and tools/pal2rgb.c, which can cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image file.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17101, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3864-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3906-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17101

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: tiff

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.0.3-7ubuntu0.10

    Affected versions

    4.0.2-4ubuntu3
    4.0.3-5ubuntu1
    4.0.3-6
    4.0.3-6ubuntu1
    4.0.3-7
    4.0.3-7ubuntu0.1
    4.0.3-7ubuntu0.2
    4.0.3-7ubuntu0.3
    4.0.3-7ubuntu0.4
    4.0.3-7ubuntu0.6
    4.0.3-7ubuntu0.7
    4.0.3-7ubuntu0.8
    4.0.3-7ubuntu0.9

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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