CVE-2018-3981 describes an exploitable out-of-bounds write vulnerability within the TIFF-parsing functionality of Canvas Draw version 5.0.0. An attacker can trigger this vulnerability by providing a specially crafted TIFF image, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution on the affected system. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant risk, and requires user interaction (opening the malicious file) for exploitation. Despite its severity, there is currently no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:canvasgfx:canvas_draw:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.