CVE-2018-15209 (NVD)

2018-08-08

ChopUpSingleUncompressedStrip in tif_dirread.c in LibTIFF 4.0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF file, as demonstrated by tiff2pdf.

Products Debian_linux, Libtiff
Type Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)
First patch - None (likely due to unavailable code)
Links https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4349
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105092
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2808