CVE-2018-8905

PoC ×2—

CVSS 3.1

8.8 high

EPSS

3%p87

Published

Mar 22, 2018 (Mar 22, 2018)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

In LibTIFF 4.0.9, a heap-based buffer overflow occurs in the function LZWDecodeCompat in tif_lzw.c via a crafted TIFF file, as demonstrated by tiff2ps.

Vendors: libtiff debian canonical redhat
Products: libtiff, debian linux, ubuntu linux, enterprise linux desktop, enterprise linux server, enterprise linux workstation
Weakness: CWE-787
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (3.1%)

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