CVE-2018-8905
In LibTIFF 4.0.9, a heap-based buffer overflow occurs in the function LZWDecodeCompat in tif_lzw.c via a crafted TIFF file, as demonstrated by tiff2ps.
02 Description
In LibTIFF 4.0.9, a heap-based buffer overflow occurs in the function LZWDecodeCompat in tif_lzw.c via a crafted TIFF file, as demonstrated by tiff2ps.
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
- 3.07% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 87.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/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
- 2018-03-22 04:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 07:10Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-03-21
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ef51ec3b62e0b1392e4c3df8c0f11288a698586a9db3f900bba4fccdfe6b098b
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugzilla.maptools.orghttp://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2780
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180514 [SECURITY] [DLA 1378-1] tiff3 security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00009.html
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180514 [SECURITY] [DLA 1377-1] tiff security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00008.html
- github.comhttps://github.com/halfbitteam/POCs/tree/master/libtiff-4.08_tiff2ps_heap_overflow
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3864-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3864-1/
- www.debian.orgDSA-4349https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4349
- 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/58a898cb4459055bb488ca815c23b880c242a27d
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:2053https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2053
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 4.0.9-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- tiff Fixed in 4.0.9-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- tiff Fixed in 4.0.9-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- tiff Fixed in 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.10
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 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.5
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- tiff Fixed in 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.1
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.