Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libtiff package, versions <0:3.9.4-18.el6_8


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.39% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-LIBTIFF-2133592
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed7 Dec 2014

Introduced: 7 Dec 2014

CVE-2014-8127  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:6 libtiff to version 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libtiff package and not the libtiff package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

LibTIFF 4.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a crafted TIFF image to the (1) checkInkNamesString function in tif_dir.c in the thumbnail tool, (2) compresscontig function in tiff2bw.c in the tiff2bw tool, (3) putcontig8bitCIELab function in tif_getimage.c in the tiff2rgba tool, LZWPreDecode function in tif_lzw.c in the (4) tiff2ps or (5) tiffdither tool, (6) NeXTDecode function in tif_next.c in the tiffmedian tool, or (7) TIFFWriteDirectoryTagLongLong8Array function in tif_dirwrite.c in the tiffset tool.