Out-of-bounds Write 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 0.27% (68th percentile)
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NVD
6.5 medium
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SUSE
7.8 high
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Red Hat
6.5 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-TIFF-2964237
  • published 1 Aug 2022
  • disclosed 29 Jul 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.

A stack overflow was discovered in the _TIFFVGetField function of Tiffsplit v4.4.0. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted TIFF file parsed by the "tiffsplit" or "tiffcrop" utilities.