Out-of-bounds Read The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package tiff  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1710-TIFF-621438
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed3 Oct 2016

Introduced: 3 Oct 2016

CVE-2016-3621  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:17.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tiff package and not the tiff package as distributed by Ubuntu.

The LZWEncode function in tif_lzw.c in the bmp2tiff tool in LibTIFF 4.0.6 and earlier, when the "-c lzw" option is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) via a crafted BMP image.