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CVE-2018-19210
In LibTIFF 4.0.9, there is a NULL pointer dereference in the TIFFWriteDirectorySec function in tif_dirwrite.c that will lead to a denial…
Medium6.5EPSS 3.6%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
In LibTIFF 4.0.9, there is a NULL pointer dereference in the TIFFWriteDirectorySec function in tif_dirwrite.c that will lead to a denial of service attack, as demonstrated by tiffset.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.6% · top 10% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (11)
- 105932 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- USN-3906-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190218 [SECURITY] [DLA 1680-1] tiff security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2820 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1161 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-fa3e40f00a (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-70d89f8806 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 20191104 [slackware-security] libtiff (SSA:2019-308-01) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155095/Slackware-Security-Advisory-libtiff-Updates.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- GLSA-202003-25 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- DSA-4670 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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