Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting libtiff-static package, versions *


low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.31% (70th percentile)
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NVD
8.8 high
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SUSE
5.3 medium
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Red Hat
4 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS6-LIBTIFFSTATIC-1998987
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 17 Mar 2018

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:6 libtiff-static.

NVD Description

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

In LibTIFF 4.0.9, a heap-based buffer overflow occurs in the function LZWDecodeCompat in tif_lzw.c via a crafted TIFF file, as demonstrated by tiff2ps.