VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-10779
TIFFWriteScanline in tif_write.c in LibTIFF 3.8.2 has a heap-based buffer over-read, as demonstrated by bmp2tiff.
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 2.87%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.87%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
TIFFWriteScanline in tif_write.c in LibTIFF 3.8.2 has a heap-based buffer over-read, as demonstrated by bmp2tiff.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.87% probability · 87th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- libtiff/libtiff · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.9% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2788Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104089Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2053
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3906-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3906-2/
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2788Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104089Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2053
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3906-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3906-2/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.