CVE-2018-8905
tiff3 - security update
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.64%
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.
How to fix CVE-2018-8905
To remediate CVE-2018-8905, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/tiff—upgrade to 4.0.9-r5 or later
- Debian/tiff—upgrade to 4.0.9-6 or later
- —upgrade to 4.0.2-6+deb7u20 or later
- —upgrade to 3.9.6-11+deb7u11 or later
Is CVE-2018-8905 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, < 4.0.9-r5
- from 0, < 4.0.9-6
- from 0, < 4.0.2-6+deb7u20
- from 0, < 3.9.6-11+deb7u11
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |