Out-of-bounds Write Affecting tiff package, versions <4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm12
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.12% (46th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1404-TIFF-6207565
- published 6 Feb 2024
- disclosed 25 Jan 2024
Introduced: 25 Jan 2024
CVE-2023-52356 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04
tiff
to version 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm12 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 Ubuntu
.
See How to fix?
for Ubuntu:14.04
relevant fixed versions and status.
A segment fault (SEGV) flaw was found in libtiff that could be triggered by passing a crafted tiff file to the TIFFReadRGBATileExt() API. This flaw allows a remote attacker to cause a heap-buffer overflow, leading to a denial of service.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2023-52356
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-52356
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2251344
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/622
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/546
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00011.html