<p>Upgrade <code>RHEL:7</code> <code>libtiff-devel</code> to version 0:4.0.3-32.el7 or higher.<br>This issue was patched in <code>RHSA-2019:2053</code>.</p>

Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting libtiff-devel package, versions <0:4.0.3-32.el7

Snyk CVSS

Attack Complexity Low

Threat Intelligence

EPSS 0.31% (70^th percentile)

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Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-LIBTIFFDEVEL-1511488
published 26 Jul 2021
disclosed 17 Mar 2018

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Introduced: 17 Mar 2018

CVE-2018-8905 Open this link in a new tab CWE-122 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 libtiff-devel to version 0:4.0.3-32.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2019:2053.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libtiff-devel package and not the libtiff-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.