Out-of-Bounds Affecting tiff package, versions <3.9.5-2ubuntu1.7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.48% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1204-TIFF-405380
  • published13 Apr 2016
  • disclosed13 Apr 2016

Introduced: 13 Apr 2016

CVE-2015-1547  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:12.04 tiff to version 3.9.5-2ubuntu1.7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tiff package and not the tiff package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:12.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

The NeXTDecode function in tif_next.c in LibTIFF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access) via a crafted TIFF image, as demonstrated by libtiff5.tif.