Out-of-bounds read in tiff (Alpine package)



Risk High
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2016-3621
CWE-ID CWE-125
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 tiff (Alpine package)
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Alpine Linux Development Team

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one high risk vulnerability.

1) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU32168

Risk: High

CVSSv4.0: 6.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3621

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in The LZWEncode function in tif_lzw.c in the bmp2tiff tool in LibTIFF 4.0.6 and earlier, when the "-c lzw" option is used,. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (buffer over-read) via a crafted BMP image.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

tiff (Alpine package): 4.0.6-r2

CPE2.3 External links

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=581c640515472337e42489148e40baae123a09db
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=e4001acbab4517d0749da58afc46cf7973a32ed7


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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