Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libtiff package, versions [,4.0.7)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.85% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LIBTIFF-2317814
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed11 Apr 2017
  • creditKaixiang Zhang

Introduced: 11 Apr 2017

CVE-2016-5322  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade libtiff to version 4.0.7 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read. The setByteArray function in tif_dir.c in libtiff 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted tiff image.

CVSS Scores

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