Out-of-Bounds Affecting tiff package, versions <4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.1


Severity

medium

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.29% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU2004-TIFF-1079218
  • published 26 Feb 2021
  • disclosed 9 Mar 2021

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 tiff to version 4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.1 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:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in libtiff in the handling of TIFF images in libtiff's TIFF2PDF tool. A specially crafted TIFF file can lead to arbitrary code execution. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

7.8 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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NVD

7.8 high
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SUSE

6.7 medium
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Red Hat

7.8 high