High
Security advisory
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.
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2018-8905
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 09:20 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:CVE-2018-8905
Complete source record
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