NULL Pointer Dereference Vulnerability in LibTIFF 4.0.9

CVE-2018-17000 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

A NULL pointer dereference in the function _TIFFmemcmp at tif_unix.c (called from TIFFWriteDirectoryTagTransferfunction) in LibTIFF 4.0.9 allows an attacker to cause a denial-of-service through a crafted tiff file. This vulnerability can be triggered by the executable tiffcp.

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