Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting libtiff-tools 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 2.23% (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-LIBTIFFTOOLS-1458734
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 8 Oct 2016

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 libtiff-tools 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-tools package and not the libtiff-tools package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

tools/tiffcp.c in libtiff 4.0.6 has an out-of-bounds write on tiled images with odd tile width versus image width. Reported as MSVR 35103, aka "cpStripToTile heap-buffer-overflow."