Out-of-Bounds Affecting tiff package, versions <3.9.5-2ubuntu1.4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.25% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1204-TIFF-406385
  • published4 Jan 2013
  • disclosed4 Jan 2013

Introduced: 4 Jan 2013

CVE-2012-5581  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:12.04 tiff to version 3.9.5-2ubuntu1.4 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.

Stack-based buffer overflow in tif_dir.c in LibTIFF before 4.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted DOTRANGE tag in a TIFF image.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1