UBUNTU-CVE-2018-18661

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-18661
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-18661.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-18661
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Published
2018-10-26T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:45:04Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

An issue was discovered in LibTIFF 4.0.9. There is a NULL pointer dereference in the function LZWDecode in the file tif_lzw.c.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / tiff

Package

Name
tiff
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/tiff@4.0.3-7ubuntu0.10?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.0.3-7ubuntu0.10

Affected versions

4.*

4.0.2-4ubuntu3
4.0.3-5ubuntu1
4.0.3-6
4.0.3-6ubuntu1
4.0.3-7
4.0.3-7ubuntu0.1
4.0.3-7ubuntu0.2
4.0.3-7ubuntu0.3
4.0.3-7ubuntu0.4
4.0.3-7ubuntu0.6
4.0.3-7ubuntu0.7
4.0.3-7ubuntu0.8
4.0.3-7ubuntu0.9

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff-opengl",
            "binary_version": "4.0.3-7ubuntu0.10"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff-tools",
            "binary_version": "4.0.3-7ubuntu0.10"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff4-dev",
            "binary_version": "4.0.3-7ubuntu0.10"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff5",
            "binary_version": "4.0.3-7ubuntu0.10"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff5-alt-dev",
            "binary_version": "4.0.3-7ubuntu0.10"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff5-dev",
            "binary_version": "4.0.3-7ubuntu0.10"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiffxx5",
            "binary_version": "4.0.3-7ubuntu0.10"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / tiff

Package

Name
tiff
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/tiff@4.0.6-1ubuntu0.5?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.5

Affected versions

4.*

4.0.3-12.3ubuntu2
4.0.5-1
4.0.6-1
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.1
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.2
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.3
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff-opengl",
            "binary_version": "4.0.6-1ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff-tools",
            "binary_version": "4.0.6-1ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff5",
            "binary_version": "4.0.6-1ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff5-dev",
            "binary_version": "4.0.6-1ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiffxx5",
            "binary_version": "4.0.6-1ubuntu0.5"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / tiff

Package

Name
tiff
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/tiff@4.0.9-5ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.0.9-5ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

4.*

4.0.8-5
4.0.8-6
4.0.9-1
4.0.9-2
4.0.9-3
4.0.9-4
4.0.9-4ubuntu1
4.0.9-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff-dev",
            "binary_version": "4.0.9-5ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff-opengl",
            "binary_version": "4.0.9-5ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff-tools",
            "binary_version": "4.0.9-5ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff5",
            "binary_version": "4.0.9-5ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff5-dev",
            "binary_version": "4.0.9-5ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiffxx5",
            "binary_version": "4.0.9-5ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}