Out-of-bounds Write Affecting tiff package, versions <4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm2


low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.24% (64th percentile)
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NVD
6.5 medium
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Red Hat
7.5 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1604-TIFF-1629369
  • published 11 Sep 2021
  • disclosed 9 Sep 2021

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 tiff to version 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm2 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:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Buffer Overflow in LibTiff v4.0.10 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via the 'in _TIFFmemcpy' funtion in the component 'tif_unix.c'.