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CVE-2018-7456

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-7456 is a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in LibTIFF versions up to 4.0.9, specifically within the TIFFPrintDirectory function when processing crafted TIFF files using the tiffinfo tool. This affects various distributions of Linux including Canonical and Debian, as well as the LibTIFF library itself. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and leading to high availability impact (denial of service). There is no confidentiality or integrity impact. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:4.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*

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
3.02%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0302 is in the 94th 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: compat-libtiff3-0:3.9.4-12.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libtiff-0:4.0.3-32.el7
View patch
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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-7456Low

libtiff: NULL pointer dereference in tif_print.c:TIFFPrintDirectory() causes a denial of service

Feb 24, 2018

References

bugzilla.maptools.org / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:2051
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:2053
github.com / xiaoqx/pocs/tree/master/libtiff
ExploitThird Party Advisory
gitlab.com / libtiff/libtiff/commit/be4c85b16e8801a16eec25e80eb9f3dd6a96731b
PatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00010.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00011.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00002.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3864-1
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4349
Third Party Advisory