Memory corruption in tiff (Alpine package)
| Risk | Low |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2016-10268 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-119 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
tiff (Alpine package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component |
| Vendor | Alpine Linux Development Team |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.
1) Memory corruption
EUVDB-ID: #VU12653
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 3.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10268
CWE-ID:
CWE-119 - Memory corruption
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to integer underflow and heap-based buffer under-read. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted TIFF image, related to "READ of size 78490" and libtiff/tif_unix.c:115:23, trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.
Install update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionstiff (Alpine package): 4.0.7-r0 - 4.0.9-r6
External linkshttp://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=6fc5e083a79961213cb7151c39372e5dee115a45
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=ff2e7d109f90f775c735acb314bf37b0008f428c
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=a07d9f929286a0f3ccf9ea20f55c62b03f91c4c4
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=fa18ed2287bf127951d71bdf233db44b1e923739
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.
