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 2.16% (90th 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-1460200
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 24 Sep 2016

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_write.c in libtiff 4.0.6 has an issue in the error code path of TIFFFlushData1() that didn't reset the tif_rawcc and tif_rawcp members. Reported as MSVR 35095, aka "TIFFFlushData1 heap-buffer-overflow."