Out-of-bounds Read Affecting tiff package, versions <4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.4


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.1% (41st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU2004-TIFF-2337059
  • published 12 Jan 2022
  • disclosed 10 Jan 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 tiff to version 4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.4 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:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

LibTIFF 4.3.0 has an out-of-bounds read in _TIFFmemcpy in tif_unix.c in certain situations involving a custom tag and 0x0200 as the second word of the DE field.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

5.5 medium
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SUSE

5.3 medium
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Red Hat

5.5 medium