CVE-2018-18557
Published: August 31, 2023Last modified: August 31, 2023
Description
LibTIFF 3.9.3, 3.9.4, 3.9.5, 3.9.6, 3.9.7, 4.0.0alpha4, 4.0.0alpha5, 4.0.0alpha6, 4.0.0beta7, 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.0.4beta, 4.0.5, 4.0.6, 4.0.7, 4.0.8 and 4.0.9 (with JBIG enabled) decodes arbitrarily-sized JBIG into a buffer, ignoring the buffer size, which leads to a tif_jbig.c JBIGDecode out-of-bounds write.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 8.8 |
| 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 |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | tiff | Not affected (4.4.0-r4) |
| Stream | tiff | Not affected (4.5.1-r0) |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2053
- https://github.com/Hack-Me/Pocs_for_Multi_Versions/tree/main/CVE-2018-18557
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/commit/681748ec2f5ce88da5f9fa6831e1653e46af8a66
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/merge_requests/38
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00019.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-15
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3864-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3906-2/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4349
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45694/