PT-2020-18965 · Accusoft · Accusoft Imagegear

Emmanuel Tacheau · Published 2020-09-01 · Updated 2022-05-12 · CVE-2020-6151

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Accusoft ImageGear version 19.7

Description A memory corruption issue exists in the TIFF handle COMPRESSION PACKBITS functionality. This can be triggered by a specially crafted malformed file, potentially allowing an attacker to cause memory corruption by providing a malicious file.

Recommendations For Accusoft ImageGear version 19.7, consider avoiding the use of the TIFF handle COMPRESSION PACKBITS functionality until a fix is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the handling of malformed files to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Memory Corruption

Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

CWE-704

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-6151

Affected Products

Accusoft Imagegear

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6151 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-6151 · Vendor Advisory
• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1095 · Note