Out-of-bounds Write Affecting tiff package, versions <4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.2


Severity

0.0
medium
0
10

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.32% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU2004-TIFF-1584177
  • published 11 Sep 2021
  • disclosed 9 Sep 2021

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 tiff to version 4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.2 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.

Buffer Overflow in LibTiff v4.0.10 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via the "TIFFVGetField" funtion in the component 'libtiff/tif_dir.c'.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

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

6.5 medium
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Red Hat

7.5 high