Improper Input Validation Affecting tiff package, versions <4.0.7-7


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.39% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-TIFF-405506
  • published10 May 2017
  • disclosed10 May 2017

Introduced: 10 May 2017

CVE-2016-10371  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable tiff to version 4.0.7-7 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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

The TIFFWriteDirectoryTagCheckedRational function in tif_dirwrite.c in LibTIFF 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via a crafted TIFF file.