Out-of-bounds Write Affecting libtiff5-32bit package, versions <4.0.9-150000.45.32.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES154-LIBTIFF532BIT-6049037
  • published7 Nov 2023
  • disclosed6 Nov 2023

Introduced: 6 Nov 2023

CVE-2020-18768  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.4 libtiff5-32bit to version 4.0.9-150000.45.32.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libtiff5-32bit package and not the libtiff5-32bit package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.4 relevant fixed versions and status.

There exists one heap buffer overflow in _TIFFmemcpy in tif_unix.c in libtiff 4.0.10, which allows an attacker to cause a denial-of-service through a crafted tiff file.

CVSS Scores

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