Integer overflow in LibTIFF



Risk High
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2015-8870
CWE-ID CWE-190
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 LibTIFF
Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products

Vendor LibTIFF

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one high risk vulnerability.

1) Integer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU103977

Risk: High

CVSSv4.0: 4.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8870

CWE-ID: CWE-190 - Integer overflow

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read), or possibly obtain sensitive information from process memory.

The vulnerability exists in tools/bmp2tiff.c in LibTIFF. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted width and length values in RLE4 or RLE8 data in a BMP file to the application, trigger integer overflow and cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read), or possibly obtain sensitive information from process memory

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

LibTIFF: 3.4 - 4.0.10

CPE2.3 External links

https://download.osgeo.org/libtiff/tiff-4.0.4.tar.gz
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0225.html
https://www.floyd.ch/?p=874BMP
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94717


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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