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CVE-2018-17795

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-09-30 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

The function t2p_write_pdf in tiff2pdf.c in LibTIFF 4.0.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF file, a similar issue to CVE-2017-9935.

Affected products

• libtiff: 4.0.9

References

• http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2816
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105445
• https://github.com/Hack-Me/Pocs_for_Multi_Versions/tree/main/CVE-2018-17795
• http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2816
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105445
• https://github.com/Hack-Me/Pocs_for_Multi_Versions/tree/main/CVE-2018-17795

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