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CVE-2018-18557

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-18557 is a critical out-of-bounds write vulnerability affecting multiple versions of LibTIFF (3.9.3 through 4.0.9) when JBIG decoding is enabled, impacting various Canonical and Debian Linux distributions. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, a public exploit (EDB-45694) exists, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:4.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
14.96%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-45694 · Oct 25, 2018
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1496 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 14,848 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libtiff-0:4.0.3-32.el7
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-18557Moderate

libtiff: Out-of-bounds write in tif_jbig.c

Oct 14, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:2053
github.com / Hack-Me/Pocs_for_Multi_Versions/tree/main/CVE-2018-18557
gitlab.com / libtiff/libtiff/commit/681748ec2f5ce88da5f9fa6831e1653e46af8a66
gitlab.com / libtiff/libtiff/merge_requests/38
Third Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00019.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201904-15
usn.ubuntu.com / 3864-1
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3906-2
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4349
Third Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/45694
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry