Improper Input Validation Affecting tiff package, versions <4.0.3-12
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- published6 Dec 2016
- disclosed6 Dec 2016
Introduced: 6 Dec 2016
CVE-2015-8870 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:9 tiff to version 4.0.3-12 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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.
Integer overflow in tools/bmp2tiff.c in LibTIFF before 4.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read), or possibly obtain sensitive information from process memory, via crafted width and length values in RLE4 or RLE8 data in a BMP file.