PT-2013-1809 · Libtiff+3 · Libtiff+3

Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala · Published 2012-12-18 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2012-5581

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions LibTIFF versions prior to 4.0.2

Description The issue is related to a stack-based buffer overflow in the tif dir.c file, which can be triggered by a crafted DOTRANGE tag in a TIFF image. This can cause a denial of service, resulting in a crash, and potentially allow the execution of arbitrary code.

Recommendations For versions prior to 4.0.2, update to version 4.0.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CESA-2012_1590

CVE-2012-5581

DSA-2589-1

RHSA-2012:1590

RHSA-2012_1590

Affected Products

Centos

Libtiff

Red Hat

Suse

References · 31

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3401 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-09646 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4564 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-5581 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2589 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4447 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5581 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51491 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1655-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1590.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5581 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5581 · Security Note
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2012-1590.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-09718 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00076.html · Vendor Advisory