Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libtiff-devel package, versions <4.0.9-150000.45.35.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (39th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES155-LIBTIFFDEVEL-6127584
  • published15 Dec 2023
  • disclosed14 Dec 2023

Introduced: 14 Dec 2023

CVE-2023-1916  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 libtiff-devel to version 4.0.9-150000.45.35.1 or higher.

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 SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.5 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in tiffcrop, a program distributed by the libtiff package. A specially crafted tiff file can lead to an out-of-bounds read in the extractImageSection function in tools/tiffcrop.c, resulting in a denial of service and limited information disclosure. This issue affects libtiff versions 4.x.

CVSS Scores

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