CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-18013

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Jan 01, 2018 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7.5 MODERATE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Ubuntu
NEGLIGIBLE

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

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Libtiff Libtiff 4.0.9 (including) 4.0.9 (including)
Tiff Ubuntu artful *
Tiff Ubuntu precise/esm *
Tiff Ubuntu trusty *
Tiff Ubuntu upstream *
Tiff Ubuntu xenial *
Tiff Ubuntu zesty *

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