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CVE-2018-19210

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-19210 is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the TIFFWriteDirectorySec function of LibTIFF 4.0.9, affecting various Canonical and Debian Linux distributions and their LibTIFF packages. This flaw can lead to a denial-of-service (DoS) attack, as demonstrated by the tiffset utility. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction to trigger the DoS. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.61%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0361 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 26,234 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Vendor Patches (6)

redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: mingw-libtiff
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: libtiff
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libtiff
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: compat-libtiff3
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libtiff
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: libtiff

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-19210Low

libtiff: NULL pointer dereference in TIFFWriteDirectorySec function in tif_dirwrite.c

Oct 28, 2018

References

bugzilla.maptools.org / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00041.html
packetstormsecurity.com / files/155095/Slackware-Security-Advisory-libtiff-Updates.html
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00026.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C6IL2QFKE6MGVUTOPU2UUWITTE36KRDF
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TX5UEYHGMTNEHJB4FHE7HCJ75UQDNKGB
seclists.org / bugtraq/2019/Nov/5
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202003-25
usn.ubuntu.com / 3906-1
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2020/dsa-4670
securityfocus.com / bid/105932
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry