NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting tiff package, versions <4.0.9-5ubuntu0.1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.01% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-TIFF-405204
  • published28 Oct 2018
  • disclosed26 Oct 2018

Introduced: 26 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-18661  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 tiff to version 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tiff package and not the tiff package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in LibTIFF 4.0.9. There is a NULL pointer dereference in the function LZWDecode in the file tif_lzw.c.