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CVE-2018-16335

libtiff: Heap-based buffer overflow in ChopUpSingleUncompressedStrip in tif_dirread.c

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.3

CVSS 3.0

Review impact separately from score.

Published · August 7, 2018

Updated · June 27, 2026

Description

A vulnerability was found in the LibTIFF package, where a heap-based buffer overflow in the newoffsets handling of the ChopUpSingleUncompressedStrip function in tif_dirread.c can cause a denial of service.

Statement

This vulnerability is rated as moderate because it allows an attacker to cause a denial of service through a heap-based buffer overflow, exploiting this flaw would crash the application, impacting its availability but not leading to further system compromise.

CVSS score applicability

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.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 5.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CWE-122 · Heap-based Buffer Overflow