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CVE-2018-17000

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 3.26%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-09-13 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2018-17000
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.5
EPSS
3.26%

Original NVD Description

A NULL pointer dereference in the function _TIFFmemcmp at tif_unix.c (called from TIFFWriteDirectoryTagTransferfunction) in LibTIFF 4.0.9 allows an attacker to cause a denial-of-service through a crafted tiff file. This vulnerability can be triggered by the executable tiffcp.

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