INFSA-2024:5079: LibTIFF security update

Information about definition

Identificator: INFSA-2024:5079

Type: security

Release date: 2024-08-23 19:09:43 UTC

Information about package

The LibTIFF packages contain a library of functions for manipulating Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) files.

Vulnerabilities description

  • CVE-2018-15209

    ChopUpSingleUncompressedStrip in tif_dirread.c in LibTIFF 4.0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF file, as demonstrated by tiff2pdf.

  • CVE-2023-25433

    libtiff 4.5.0 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via /libtiff/tools/tiffcrop.c:8499. Incorrect updating of buffer size after rotateImage() in tiffcrop cause heap-buffer-overflow and SEGV.

  • CVE-2023-52356

    A segment fault (SEGV) flaw was found in libtiff that could be triggered by passing a crafted tiff file to the TIFFReadRGBATileExt() API. This flaw allows a remote attacker to cause a heap-buffer overflow, leading to a denial of service.

  • CVE-2023-6228

    An issue was found in the tiffcp utility distributed by the libtiff package where a crafted TIFF file on processing may cause a heap-based buffer overflow leads to an application crash.

Severity level

CVE Score CVSS 2.0 Score CVSS 3.x Score CVSS 4.0
no information 5.3 no information
no information 5.5 no information
no information 7.5 no information
NIST — CVE-2023-6228
no information 5.5 no information
Critical, important, moderate, low

Updated packages