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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…
High8.8EPSS 3.1%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.1% · top 12% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (9)
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2780 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180514 [SECURITY] [DLA 1378-1] tiff3 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180514 [SECURITY] [DLA 1377-1] tiff security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://github.com/halfbitteam/POCs/tree/master/libtiff-4.08_tiff2ps_heap_overflow (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- USN-3864-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- DSA-4349 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180702 [SECURITY] [DLA 1411-1] tiff security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/commit/58a898cb4459055bb488ca815c23b880c242a27d (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:2053 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
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- 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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