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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: ALPINE-CVE-2018-18557

LibTIFF 3.9.3, 3.9.4, 3.9.5, 3.9.6, 3.9.7, 4.0.0alpha4, 4.0.0alpha5, 4.0.0alpha6, 4.0.0beta7, 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.0.4beta, 4.0.5, 4.0.6, 4.0.7, 4.0.8 and 4.0.9 (with JBIG enabled) decodes arbitrarily-sized JBIG into a buffer, ignoring the buffer size, which leads to a tif_jbig.c JBIGDecode out-of-bounds write.

Products
tiff
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
4.0.10-r0
CVEs
CVE-2018-18557
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 21:59 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

ALPINE-CVE-2018-18557

core-osv · Original source

Published 22 Oct 2018, 16:29 UTC

LibTIFF 3.9.3, 3.9.4, 3.9.5, 3.9.6, 3.9.7, 4.0.0alpha4, 4.0.0alpha5, 4.0.0alpha6, 4.0.0beta7, 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.0.4beta, 4.0.5, 4.0.6, 4.0.7, 4.0.8 and 4.0.9 (with JBIG enabled) decodes arbitrarily-sized JBIG into a buffer, ignoring the buffer size, which leads to a tif_jbig.c JBIGDecode out-of-bounds write.

osv:ALPINE-CVE-2018-18557

tiff

Fixed versions: 4.0.10-r0

tiff

Fixed versions: 4.0.10-r0

tiff

Fixed versions: 4.0.10-r0

tiff

Fixed versions: 4.0.10-r0

tiff

Fixed versions: 4.0.10-r0

tiff

Fixed versions: 4.0.10-r0

tiff

Fixed versions: 4.0.10-r0

tiff

Fixed versions: 4.0.10-r0

tiff

Fixed versions: 4.0.10-r0

tiff

Fixed versions: 4.0.10-r0

tiff

Fixed versions: 4.0.10-r0

tiff

Fixed versions: 4.0.10-r0

tiff

Fixed versions: 4.0.10-r0

tiff

Fixed versions: 4.0.10-r0

tiff

Fixed versions: 4.0.10-r0

tiff

Fixed versions: 4.0.10-r0

tiff

Fixed versions: 4.0.10-r0

tiff

Fixed versions: 4.0.10-r0

tiff

Fixed versions: 4.0.10-r0

Complete source record
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