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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-5784

Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted tif file.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 2.96%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.96%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

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.

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
2.96% probability · 86th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-400
Affected
libtiff/libtiff · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.