CVE-2018-16335: debian debian_linux Out-of-bounds Write
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2018-16335 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 2.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85.3% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 4Timeline
- 02-09-2018PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
newoffsets handling in ChopUpSingleUncompressedStrip in tif_dirread.c in LibTIFF 4.0.9 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, as demonstrated by tiff2pdf. This is a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-15209.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated8.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated8.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
2.63%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
85%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
-0.01 pp
From 2.65% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Debian2 products
- tiff< 4.0.9-5
- debian_linuxEOL9.0
Libtiff1 product
- libtiff4.0.9
Ubuntu1 product
- tiff< 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.9 | < 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.4 | < 4.0.9-4ubuntu1
3 vendors · 4 products
