CVE-2018-5784 | BDVDB-2026-95570 Detail
Description#
In LibTIFF 4.0.9, there is an uncontrolled resource consumption in the TIFFSetDirectory function of tif_dir.c. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted tif file. This occurs because the declared number of directory entries is not validated against the actual number of directory entries.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3606-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3602-1/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00022.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4349
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2772
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00002.html
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/commit/473851d211cf8805a161820337ca74cc9615d6ef
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.