Out-of-bounds Write Affecting compat-libtiff3 package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.29% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-COMPATLIBTIFF3-1349455
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed14 Dec 2020

Introduced: 14 Dec 2020

CVE-2020-35524  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 compat-libtiff3.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream compat-libtiff3 package and not the compat-libtiff3 package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in libtiff in the handling of TIFF images in libtiff's TIFF2PDF tool. A specially crafted TIFF file can lead to arbitrary code execution. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.

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