CVE-2018-5784
mediumpriority · track · 27EPSS 0.030 · 87 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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 crafted tif file. This occurs because the declared number of directory entries is not validated against the actual number of directory entries.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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affected products (21)
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advisories (1)
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- WID-SEC-W-2025-2524libTIFF: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of ServiceDeutsch2018-01-21csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in libTIFF ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
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references (23)
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- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2772cnnvd
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10881778cnnvd
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/commit/473851d211cf8805a161820337ca74cc9615d6efcnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00022.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00002.htmlcnnvd
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3602-1/cnnvd
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3606-1/cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/79514cnnvd
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