PT-2017-7842 · Libtiff+1 · Libtiff+1

Agostino Sarubbo · Published 2017-01-13 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-10272

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions LibTIFF version 4.0.7

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, potentially leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, via a crafted TIFF image. This is related to a "WRITE of size 2048" in the libtiff/tif next.c file at line 64:9.

Recommendations For LibTIFF version 4.0.7, consider avoiding the use of crafted TIFF images until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the processing of TIFF images to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-10272

DLA-795-1

DSA-3762-1

MGASA-2017-0199

OPENSUSE-SU-2017_1108-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11461-1

SUSE-SU-2017:1044-1

Affected Products

Libtiff

Suse

References · 72

• https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/9657bbe3cdce4aaa90e07d50c1c70ae52da0ba6a · Patch
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0199.html · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10272 · Security Note
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/01/01/libtiff-multiple-heap-based-buffer-overflow · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:1044-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0199 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10272 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10272 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10272 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3762-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10272 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10272 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-10272 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:11461-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/97197 · Note