An issue was discovered in LibTIFF 4.0.9. There are two out-of-bounds writes in cpTags in tools/tiff2bw.c and tools/pal2rgb.c, which can cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image file.

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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1557-1 tiff security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4349-1 tiff security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-8881 An issue was discovered in LibTIFF 4.0.9. There are two out-of-bounds writes in cpTags in tools/tiff2bw.c and tools/pal2rgb.c, which can cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image file.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3864-1 LibTIFF vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3906-2 LibTIFF vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T10:39:59.585Z

Reserved: 2018-09-16T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-17101

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-09-16T21:29:01.737

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:53:52.827

Link: CVE-2018-17101

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2018-09-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-17101 - Bugzilla

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