Out-of-bounds Write Affecting tiff package, versions <4.0.10+git190814-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-TIFF-5862430
  • published26 Aug 2023
  • disclosed22 Aug 2023

Introduced: 22 Aug 2023

CVE-2020-18768  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 tiff to version 4.0.10+git190814-1 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 Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 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

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