Integer Underflow Affecting libtiff-devel package, versions <0:4.0.9-26.el8_7


0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.06% (27th percentile)
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NVD
5.5 medium
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SUSE
3.3 low
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Red Hat
5.5 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-LIBTIFFDEVEL-2984584
  • published 17 Aug 2022
  • disclosed 21 Dec 2021

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 libtiff-devel to version 0:4.0.9-26.el8_7 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:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

libtiff's tiffcrop utility has a uint32_t underflow that can lead to out of bounds read and write. An attacker who supplies a crafted file to tiffcrop (likely via tricking a user to run tiffcrop on it with certain parameters) could cause a crash or in some cases, further exploitation.