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NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting tiff package, versions <4.0.3-7ubuntu0.8

low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.35% (72nd percentile)
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NVD
6.5 medium
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SUSE
7.5 high
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Red Hat
7.5 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1404-TIFF-405642
  • published 1 Jan 2018
  • disclosed 1 Jan 2018
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Introduced: 1 Jan 2018

CVE-2017-18013 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-476 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 tiff to version 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.8 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:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

In LibTIFF 4.0.9, there is a Null-Pointer Dereference in the tif_print.c TIFFPrintDirectory function, as demonstrated by a tiffinfo crash.