CVE-2018-5784

In LibTIFF 4.0.9, there is an uncontrolled resource consumption in the TIFFSetDirectory function of tif_dir.c

published January 19, 2018

CVSS
—
EPSS
3%
Percentile
87.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In LibTIFF 4.0.9, there is an uncontrolled resource consumption in the TIFFSetDirectory function of tif_dir.c. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted tif file. This occurs because the declared number of directory entries is not validated against the actual number of directory entries.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02960 · 87.0th percentile
Published
2018-01-19T08:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 JAN 08:00Z
    In LibTIFF 4.0.9, there is an uncontrolled resource consumption in the TIFFSetDirectory function of tif_dir.c
    cvelistv5