Out-of-bounds Read Affecting tiff package, versions <4.2.0-1+deb11u3


0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.13% (47th percentile)
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NVD
5.5 medium
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Red Hat
5.5 medium
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SUSE
5.5 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-TIFF-2823291
  • published 12 May 2022
  • disclosed 11 May 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 tiff to version 4.2.0-1+deb11u3 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 Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

LibTIFF master branch has an out-of-bounds read in LZWDecode in libtiff/tif_lzw.c:619, 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 b4e79bfa.