Medium
Security advisory
The TIFFWriteDirectorySec() function in tif_dirwrite.c in LibTIFF through 4.0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application crash) via a crafted file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-13726.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2018-10963
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 06:13 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The TIFFWriteDirectorySec() function in tif_dirwrite.c in LibTIFF through 4.0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application crash) via a crafted file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-13726.
osv:CVE-2018-10963
Complete source record
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