Out-of-bounds Write Affecting libtiff package, versions [,4.2.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.34% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LIBTIFF-2317852
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed9 Mar 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 Mar 2021

CVE-2020-35524  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade libtiff to version 4.2.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write. 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.

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