Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting libtiff-devel package, versions <0:4.0.3-35.38.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.77% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-LIBTIFFDEVEL-2975073
  • published5 Aug 2022
  • disclosed6 Feb 2017

Introduced: 6 Feb 2017

CVE-2016-9532  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 libtiff-devel to version 0:4.0.3-35.38.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2022-1625.

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:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

Integer overflow in the writeBufferToSeparateStrips function in tiffcrop.c in LibTIFF before 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted tif file.