Out-of-bounds Read Affecting tiff package, versions <4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.17% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU2004-TIFF-3062922
  • published 26 Oct 2022
  • disclosed 21 Oct 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 tiff to version 4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.6 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 4.4.0 has an out-of-bounds read in writeSingleSection in tools/tiffcrop.c:7345, allowing attackers to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted tiff file. For users that compile libtiff from sources, the fix is available with commit e8131125.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

6.5 medium
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SUSE

6.5 medium
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Red Hat

6.5 medium