CVE-2018-10801

A vulnerability was found in LibTIFF, where the TIFFClientOpen function in tif_unix.c has a memory leak that could lead to a denial of service. A local attacker could exploit this flaw by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted file, resulting in increased memory usage and potential application crashes due to resource exhaustion.

This vulnerability is rated as Moderate because a memory leak in the TIFFClientOpen function within tif_unix.c in LibTIFF could lead to a denial of service, a local attacker could cause excessive memory consumption.

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.