CVE-2018-5360 Memory corruption in n/a
A heap-based buffer over-read in LibTIFF allows attackers to cause denial of service or disclose sensitive information via malicious TIFF files.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-5360?
CVE-2018-5360 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Graphicsmagick Graphicsmagick, published on 14 Jan 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
LibTIFF before 4.0.6 mishandles the reading of TIFF files, as demonstrated by a heap-based buffer over-read in the ReadTIFFImage function in coders/tiff.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.27.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-5360?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Graphicsmagick Graphicsmagick, Libtiff Libtiff.
How do I fix CVE-2018-5360?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2018-5360 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-5360 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Graphicsmagick Graphicsmagick
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-5360, GHSA-5949-jg6x-h5jp, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5360.