6.5

CVE-2018-10779: canonical ubuntu_linux Out-of-bounds Read

CVSS: 6.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2018-10779UBUNTU-CVE-2018-10779DEBIAN-CVE-2018-10779
Published 07-05-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-10779 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 2.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86.6% 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
2.87%
0%100%
Low · -0.07 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 5
MGASA-2018-0409OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11461-1RHSA-2019:2053SUSE-SU-2018:2676-1SUSE-SU-2018:2836-1SUSE-SU-2018:3327-1

Timeline

  1. 07-05-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

TIFFWriteScanline in tif_write.c in LibTIFF 3.8.2 has a heap-based buffer over-read, as demonstrated by bmp2tiff.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.87%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

87%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.07 pp

From 2.94% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.87%

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

Alpine1 product
  • tiff< 4.0.9-r8 | < 4.0.9-r6 | < 4.0.9-r7
Canonical1 product
Debian1 product
  • tiff< 4.0.6-3
Libtiff1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • tiff< 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11 | < 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.6 | < 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.2

5 vendors · 5 products

References

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