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


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-LIBTIFFTOOLS-5863804
  • published29 Aug 2023
  • disclosed20 Mar 2019

Introduced: 20 Mar 2019

CVE-2020-18768  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:8 libtiff-tools.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libtiff-tools package and not the libtiff-tools package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

There exists one heap buffer overflow in _TIFFmemcpy in tif_unix.c in libtiff 4.0.10, which allows an attacker to cause a denial-of-service through a crafted tiff file.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1