CVE-2020-18768
There exists one heap buffer overflow in _TIFFmemcpy in tif_unix.c in libtiff 4.0.10, which...
CVE-2020-18768 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Libtiff, published October 3, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.28%, the 20th percentile. Fixed in tiff 4.0.10+git190814-1.
There exists one heap buffer overflow in _TIFFmemcpy in tif_unix.c in libtiff 4.0.10, which allows an attacker to cause a denial-of-service through a crafted tiff file.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
5.5
There exists one heap buffer overflow in _TIFFmemcpy in tif_unix.c in libtiff 4.0.10, which allows an attacker to cause a denial-of-service through a crafted tiff file.
- Record
CVE-2020-18768- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
There exists one heap buffer overflow in _TIFFmemcpy in tif_unix.c in libtiff 4.0.10, which allows an attacker to cause a denial-of-service through a crafted tiff file.
- Record
CVE-2020-18768- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-10685 No score
There exists one heap buffer overflow in _TIFFmemcpy in tif_unix.c in libtiff 4.0.10, which allows an attacker to cause a denial-of-service through a crafted tiff file.
- Record
EUVD-2020-10685- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mqcp-f5vw-2vmj
5.5
There exists one heap buffer overflow in _TIFFmemcpy in tif_unix.c in libtiff 4.0.10, which...
There exists one heap buffer overflow in _TIFFmemcpy in tif_unix.c in libtiff 4.0.10, which allows an attacker to cause a denial-of-service through a crafted tiff file.
- Record
GHSA-mqcp-f5vw-2vmj- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVAZL-43876
5.5
CVE-2020-18768 affecting package openjpeg2 2.3.1-12
There exists one heap buffer overflow in _TIFFmemcpy in tif_unix.c in libtiff 4.0.10, which allows an attacker to cause a denial-of-service through a crafted tiff file.
- Record
AZL-43876- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVAZL-44271
5.5
CVE-2020-18768 affecting package openjpeg2 2.3.1-12
There exists one heap buffer overflow in _TIFFmemcpy in tif_unix.c in libtiff 4.0.10, which allows an attacker to cause a denial-of-service through a crafted tiff file.
- Record
AZL-44271- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSV
5.5
There exists one heap buffer overflow in _TIFFmemcpy in tif_unix.c in libtiff 4.0.10, which allows an attacker to cause a denial-of-service through a crafted tiff file.
- Record
CVE-2020-18768- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2020-18768
5.5
There exists one heap buffer overflow in _TIFFmemcpy in tif_unix.c in libtiff 4.0.10, which allows an attacker to cause a denial-of-service through a crafted tiff file.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2020-18768- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVJLSEC-2025-309
5.5
There exists one heap buffer overflow in `_TIFFmemcpy` in `tif_unix.c` in libtiff 4.0.10, which...
There exists one heap buffer overflow in _TIFFmemcpy in tif_unix.c in libtiff 4.0.10, which allows an attacker to cause a denial-of-service through a crafted tiff file.
- Record
JLSEC-2025-309- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2020-18768
5.5
There exists one heap buffer overflow in _TIFFmemcpy in tif_unix.c in libtiff 4.0.10, which allows an attacker to cause a denial-of-service through a crafted tiff file.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2020-18768- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2023:4370-1 No score
Security update for tiff
This update for tiff fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2023-38289: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in raw2tiff (bsc#1213589).
- CVE-2023-38288: Fixed an integer overflow in raw2tiff (bsc#1213590).
- CVE-2023-3576: Fixed a memory leak in tiffcrop (bsc#1213273).
- CVE-2020-18768: Fixed an out of bounds read in tiffcp (bsc#1214574).
- CVE-2023-26966: Fixed an out of bounds read when transforming a little-endian file to a big-endian output (bsc#1212881)
- CVE-2023-3618: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference while encoding FAX3 files (bsc#1213274).
- CVE-2023-2908: Fixed an undefined behavior issue when doing pointer arithmetic on a NULL pointer (bsc#1212888).
- CVE-2023-3316: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference while opening a file in an inaccessible path (bsc#1212535).
- CVE-2023-25433: Fixed a buffer overflow in tiffcrop (bsc#1212883).
- Record
SUSE-SU-2023:4370-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2023:4371-1 No score
Security update for tiff
This update for tiff fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2023-38289: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in raw2tiff (bsc#1213589).
- CVE-2023-38288: Fixed an integer overflow in raw2tiff (bsc#1213590).
- CVE-2023-3576: Fixed a memory leak in tiffcrop (bsc#1213273).
- CVE-2020-18768: Fixed an out of bounds read in tiffcp (bsc#1214574).
- CVE-2023-26966: Fixed an out of bounds read when transforming a little-endian file to a big-endian output (bsc#1212881)
- CVE-2023-3618: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference while encoding FAX3 files (bsc#1213274).
- CVE-2023-2908: Fixed an undefined behavior issue when doing pointer arithmetic on a NULL pointer (bsc#1212888).
- CVE-2023-3316: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference while opening a file in an inaccessible path (bsc#1212535).
- CVE-2023-25433: Fixed a buffer overflow in tiffcrop (bsc#1212883).
- Record
SUSE-SU-2023:4371-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
openjpeg2Azure Linux:2 |
through 2.3.1-12 | None known |
openjpeg2Azure Linux:3 |
through 2.3.1-12 | None known |
tiffDebian:12 |
before 4.0.10+git190814-1 | 4.0.10+git190814-1 |
tiffDebian:13 |
before 4.0.10+git190814-1 | 4.0.10+git190814-1 |
tiffDebian:14 |
before 4.0.10+git190814-1 | 4.0.10+git190814-1 |
tiffDebian:9 |
before 4.0.8-2+deb9u7, plus listed versions 4.0.8-24.0.8-2+deb9u14.0.8-2+deb9u24.0.8-2+deb9u34.0.8-2+deb9u44.0.8-2+deb9u54.0.8-2+deb9u6 |
4.0.8-2+deb9u7 |
Libtiff_jllJulia |
before 4.1.0+0 | 4.1.0+0 |
tiffSUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 |
before 4.0.9-150000.45.32.1 | 4.0.9-150000.45.32.1 |
tiffSUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 |
before 4.0.9-150000.45.32.1 | 4.0.9-150000.45.32.1 |
tiffSUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 |
before 4.0.9-150000.45.32.1 | 4.0.9-150000.45.32.1 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
tiffSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 |
before 4.0.9-150000.45.32.1 | 4.0.9-150000.45.32.1 |
tiffSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 |
before 4.0.9-150000.45.32.1 | 4.0.9-150000.45.32.1 |
tiffSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP4 |
before 4.0.9-150000.45.32.1 | 4.0.9-150000.45.32.1 |
tiffSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP5 |
before 4.0.9-150000.45.32.1 | 4.0.9-150000.45.32.1 |
tiffSUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 |
before 4.0.9-150000.45.32.1 | 4.0.9-150000.45.32.1 |
tiffopenSUSE:Leap Micro 5.3 |
before 4.0.9-150000.45.32.1 | 4.0.9-150000.45.32.1 |
tiffopenSUSE:Leap Micro 5.4 |
before 4.0.9-150000.45.32.1 | 4.0.9-150000.45.32.1 |
tiffopenSUSE:Leap 15.4 |
before 4.0.9-150000.45.32.1 | 4.0.9-150000.45.32.1 |
tiffopenSUSE:Leap 15.5 |
before 4.0.9-150000.45.32.1 | 4.0.9-150000.45.32.1 |
tiffSUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 |
before 4.0.9-44.71.1 | 4.0.9-44.71.1 |
tiffSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 |
before 4.0.9-44.71.1 | 4.0.9-44.71.1 |
tiffSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 |
before 4.0.9-44.71.1 | 4.0.9-44.71.1 |
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | affected | |
| 2026-11-03 | aliases | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
References
bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2848
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-18768
github.com/advisories/GHSA-mqcp-f5vw-2vmj
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-18768
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2023/suse-su-20234370-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1212535
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bugzilla.suse.com/1212881
bugzilla.suse.com/1212883
bugzilla.suse.com/1212888
bugzilla.suse.com/1213273
bugzilla.suse.com/1213274
bugzilla.suse.com/1213589
bugzilla.suse.com/1213590
bugzilla.suse.com/1214574
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-18768
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25433
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-26966
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2908
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3316
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3576
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3618
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38288
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38289
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2023/suse-su-20234371-1
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-18768
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-18768