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Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting libtiff-devel package, versions <0:4.0.3-27.el7_3

medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    User Interaction Required
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 1.3% (86th percentile)
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NVD
9.8 critical
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Red Hat
7 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-LIBTIFFDEVEL-1457024
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 4 Nov 2016
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Introduced: 4 Nov 2016

CVE-2016-9535 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-122 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 libtiff-devel to version 0:4.0.3-27.el7_3 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:0225.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libtiff-devel package and not the libtiff-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

tif_predict.h and tif_predict.c in libtiff 4.0.6 have assertions that can lead to assertion failures in debug mode, or buffer overflows in release mode, when dealing with unusual tile size like YCbCr with subsampling. Reported as MSVR 35105, aka "Predictor heap-buffer-overflow."