Use After Free Affecting libtiff-devel package, versions <0:4.0.3-35.amzn2.0.14


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-LIBTIFFDEVEL-5912549
  • published21 Sept 2023
  • disclosed14 Jun 2023

Introduced: 14 Jun 2023

CVE-2023-26965  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 libtiff-devel to version 0:4.0.3-35.amzn2.0.14 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2023-2263.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libtiff-devel package and not the libtiff-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

loadImage() in tools/tiffcrop.c in LibTIFF through 4.5.0 has a heap-based use after free via a crafted TIFF image.

CVSS Scores

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