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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-TIFF-6239581
  • published 9 Feb 2024
  • disclosed 2 Nov 2023

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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

Recommended
5.5 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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SUSE

5.5 medium
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Red Hat

5.5 medium