What is CVE-2018-10801?

CVE-2018-10801 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libtiff, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-05-08.

How severe is CVE-2018-10801?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Libtiff

CVE-2018-10801

TIFFClientOpen in tif_unix.c in LibTIFF 3.8.2 has memory leaks, as demonstrated by bmp2tiff.

Published 2018-05-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 64.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Libtiff — versions 3.8.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

References

bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-10801?: CVE-2018-10801 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libtiff, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-05-08.
How severe is CVE-2018-10801?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.