CVE-2018-8905 Detail
Modified
This vulnerability has been modified since it was last analyzed by the NVD. It is awaiting reanalysis which may result in further changes to the information provided.
Current Description
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.
Source:
MITRE
Description Last Modified:
03/22/2018
View Analysis Description
Analysis Description
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.
Source:
MITRE
Description Last Modified:
03/22/2018
Impact
CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:
Base Score:
8.8 HIGH
Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
(V3 legend)
Impact Score:
5.9
Exploitability Score:
2.8
Attack Vector (AV):
Network
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
None
User Interaction (UI):
Required
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
High
Integrity (I):
High
Availability (A):
High
CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:
Base Score:
6.8 MEDIUM
Vector:
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
(V2 legend)
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
Access Vector (AV):
Network
Access Complexity (AC):
Medium
Authentication (AU):
None
Confidentiality (C):
Partial
Integrity (I):
Partial
Availability (A):
Partial
Additional Information:
Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service
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Change History
4 change records found
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CVE Modified by MITRE -
12/1/2018 6:29:18 AM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
Reference |
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https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4349 [No Types Assigned] |
CVE Modified by MITRE -
7/3/2018 9:29:05 PM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
Reference |
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https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00002.html [No Types Assigned] |
CVE Modified by MITRE -
5/14/2018 9:29:00 PM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
Reference |
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https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00008.html [No Types Assigned] |
| Added |
Reference |
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https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00009.html [No Types Assigned] |
Initial Analysis -
4/12/2018 8:36:10 AM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
CPE Configuration |
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OR
*cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:4.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| Added |
CVSS V2 |
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(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) |
| Added |
CVSS V2 Metadata |
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Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism |
| Added |
CVSS V3 |
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Added |
CWE |
|
CWE-119 |
| Changed |
Reference Type |
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2780 No Types Assigned |
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2780 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory |
| Changed |
Reference Type |
https://github.com/halfbitteam/POCs/tree/master/libtiff-4.08_tiff2ps_heap_overflow No Types Assigned |
https://github.com/halfbitteam/POCs/tree/master/libtiff-4.08_tiff2ps_heap_overflow Exploit, Third Party Advisory |
Quick Info
CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-8905
NVD Published Date:
03/22/2018
NVD Last Modified:
12/01/2018
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