Bug 1577392 (CVE-2018-10801) - CVE-2018-10801 libtiff: memory leak in bmp2tiff tool
Summary: CVE-2018-10801 libtiff: memory leak in bmp2tiff tool
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2018-10801
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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low
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1577314 1577315 1577316 Engineering1577393 Engineering1598706
Blocks: Embargoed1577318
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Reported: 2018-05-11 21:39 UTC by Laura Pardo
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:39 UTC (History)
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A memory leak has been discovered in tools/bmp2tiff.c in libtiff, when the iBitCount header value is not acceptable. An attacker may use this flaw to cause a Denial of Service.
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Last Closed: 2019-06-10 10:22:43 UTC

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Description Laura Pardo 2018-05-11 21:39:14 UTC 
A flaw was found in LibTIFF 3.8.2TIFF. The ClientOpen function in tif_unix.c file has memory leaks which allow local attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted file.


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http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2790
Comment 1 Laura Pardo 2018-05-11 21:41:10 UTC 
Created libtiff tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1577316]


Created mingw-libtiff tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-7 [bug 1577314]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1577315]
Comment 5 Riccardo Schirone 2018-07-06 09:32:38 UTC 
In bmp2tiff tool a file is opened for writing with TIFFOpen, but when the iBitCount header value is wrong, the tool exits without closing the file.
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