6.5

CVE-2017-18013: libtiff NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 6.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2017-18013UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18013DEBIAN-CVE-2017-18013
Published 01-01-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-18013 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in libtiff. EPSS estimates a 2.92% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
37/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.92%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 8 · Related 6
DSA-4100-1MGASA-2018-0109OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11461-1SUSE-SU-2018:1472-1SUSE-SU-2018:1826-1SUSE-SU-2018:1889-1

Timeline

  1. 01-01-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.92%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

87%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.92% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.92%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugzilla.maptools.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian2 products
  • tiff< 4.0.9-3 | < 4.0.2-6+deb7u18
  • tiff3< 3.9.6-11+deb7u9
Alpine1 product
  • tiff< 4.0.9-r1
Libtiff1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • tiff< 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.8 | < 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.3

4 vendors · 5 products

References

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