What is CVE-2018-3857?

CVE-2018-3857 is a high-severity vulnerability in Acd Systems Canvas Draw, classified under Heap-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-07-19.

How severe is CVE-2018-3857?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Acd Systems Canvas Draw

CVE-2018-3857

An exploitable heap overflow exists in the TIFF parsing functionality of Canvas Draw version 4.0.0. A specially crafted TIFF image processed via the application can lead to an out-of-bounds write, overwriting arbitrary data. An attacker can deliver a TIFF image to trigger this vulnerability and gain code execution. A different vulnerability than CVE-2018-3858.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.018 (76.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Acd Systems Canvas Draw — versions ACD Systems Canvas Draw 4.0
Acdsystems Canvas_draw — versions 4.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

talos-cna@cisco.com (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-3857?: CVE-2018-3857 is a high-severity vulnerability in Acd Systems Canvas Draw, classified under Heap-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-07-19.
How severe is CVE-2018-3857?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.