Out-of-bounds Write Affecting tiff package, versions <4.6.0-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.05% (22nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-TIFF-6239581
  • published9 Feb 2024
  • disclosed2 Nov 2023

Introduced: 2 Nov 2023

CVE-2023-3164  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Chainguard tiff to version 4.6.0-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

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

A heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability was found in LibTIFF, in extractImageSection() at tools/tiffcrop.c:7916 and tools/tiffcrop.c:7801. This flaw allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted tiff file.

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