CVE-2019-7663
libtiff: integer overflow in libtiff/tif_dirwrite.c resulting in an invalid pointer dereference
Severity
UnknownRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
Review impact separately from score.
Published · December 18, 2018
Updated · June 27, 2026
Description
An Invalid Address dereference was discovered in TIFFWriteDirectoryTagTransferfunction in libtiff/tif_dirwrite.c in LibTIFF 4.0.10, affecting the cpSeparateBufToContigBuf function in tiffcp.c. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted tiff file. This is different from CVE-2018-12900.
Statement
This report appears to be a duplicate of CVE-2018-17000. While the crash manifests differently, both vulnerabilities are fixed by the same upstream commit.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 0CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N
CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound