Out-of-bounds Write Affecting tiff package, versions <4.0.9-5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.48% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-TIFF-406123
  • published8 Aug 2018
  • disclosed8 Aug 2018

Introduced: 8 Aug 2018

CVE-2018-15209  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable tiff to version 4.0.9-5 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.

ChopUpSingleUncompressedStrip in tif_dirread.c in LibTIFF 4.0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF file, as demonstrated by tiff2pdf.