CVE-2018-5784
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.96% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 87.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-01-19 08:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 05:47Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-01-19
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d1b4f7d2f305b656407cdf8a2df407318debb1f5c21c4f5ae373ba6e448d6394
05 Affected products
06 References
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3606-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3606-1/
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3602-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3602-1/
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180531 [SECURITY] [DLA 1391-1] tiff security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00022.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-4349https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4349
- bugzilla.maptools.orghttp://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2772
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180702 [SECURITY] [DLA 1411-1] tiff security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00002.html
- gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/commit/473851d211cf8805a161820337ca74cc9615d6ef
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- lib32-libtiff Fixed in 4.0.10-1
- libtiff Fixed in 4.0.9-2
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- tiff Fixed in 4.0.9-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- tiff Fixed in 4.0.9-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- tiff Fixed in 4.0.9-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- tiff Fixed in 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.8
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- tiff Fixed in 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.3
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.