Out-of-bounds Read Affecting tiff package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.54% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-TIFF-405480
  • published23 Jan 2017
  • disclosed23 Jan 2017

Introduced: 23 Jan 2017

CVE-2017-5563  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:unstable tiff.

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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

LibTIFF version 4.0.7 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read in tif_lzw.c resulting in DoS or code execution via a crafted bmp image to tools/bmp2tiff.