CVE-2018-18661 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2018-18661?

CVE-2018-18661 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 26 Oct 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

An issue was discovered in LibTIFF 4.0.9. There is a NULL pointer dereference in the function LZWDecode in the file tif_lzw.c.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-18661?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Libtiff Libtiff.

How do I fix CVE-2018-18661?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2018-18661 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-18661 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2018-18661, DEBIAN-CVE-2018-18661, GHSA-49q9-9f29-jccf, MGASA-2018-0444, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-18661.