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
1.77% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LIBTIFF-2317893
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed6 Feb 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 6 Feb 2017

CVE-2016-9532  (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. Integer overflow in the writeBufferToSeparateStrips function in tiffcrop.c in LibTIFF before 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted tif file.

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