| Name | CVE-2018-17795 |
| Description | The function t2p_write_pdf in tiff2pdf.c in LibTIFF 4.0.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF file, a similar issue to CVE-2017-9935. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| tiff (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 4.0.3-12.3+deb8u17 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 4.0.8-2+deb9u8 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 4.0.8-2+deb9u12 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 4.1.0+git191117-2~deb10u9 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 4.2.0-1+deb11u5 | fixed |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 4.5.0-6+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 4.5.1+git230720-5 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| tiff | source | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| tiff | source | jessie | 4.0.3-12.3+deb8u5 | | | |
| tiff | source | stretch | 4.0.8-2+deb9u2 | | | |
| tiff | source | (unstable) | 4.0.9-2 | | | |
| tiff3 | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| tiff3 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | |
Notes
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2816
Similar issue as CVE-2017-9935 but not considered the same, but adressed
with same commit.
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/commit/3dd8f6a357981a4090f126ab9025056c938b6940
[wheezy] - tiff3 <not-affected> (does not build vulnerable tiff2pdf)