Out-of-bounds Write Affecting libtiff-devel package, versions <0:4.0.3-32.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.43% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-LIBTIFFDEVEL-2139954
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed16 Sept 2018

Introduced: 16 Sep 2018

CVE-2018-17101  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 libtiff-devel to version 0:4.0.3-32.el7 or higher.

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 Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in LibTIFF 4.0.9. There are two out-of-bounds writes in cpTags in tools/tiff2bw.c and tools/pal2rgb.c, which can cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image file.