CVE-2018-8905 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2018-8905?

CVE-2018-8905 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 22 Mar 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

In LibTIFF 4.0.9, a heap-based buffer overflow occurs in the function LZWDecodeCompat in tif_lzw.c via a crafted TIFF file, as demonstrated by tiff2ps.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-8905?

It affects 6 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Libtiff Libtiff, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server, Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation.

How do I fix CVE-2018-8905?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2018-8905 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-8905 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2018-8905, DEBIAN-CVE-2018-8905, DLA-1377-1, DLA-1378-1, GHSA-hjgx-w465-2m2j, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-8905.