SB2016100307 - Division by zero in LibTIFF
Published: October 3, 2016 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016100307
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Division by zero (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3623)
CWE-ID: CWE-369 - Divide By Zero
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to divide-by-zero error within The rgb2ycbcr tool in LibTIFF 4.0.6 and earlier. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (divide-by-zero) by setting the (1) v or (2) h parameter to 0.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.