Denial of service in LibTIFF



Published: 2019-01-29
Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2019-7663
CWE-ID CWE-476
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit Public exploit code for vulnerability #1 is available.
Vulnerable software
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LibTIFF
Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products

Vendor LibTIFF

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) NULL pointer dereference

EUVDB-ID: #VU17675

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-7663

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to an invalid address dereference condition that exists in the TIFFWriteDirectoryTagTransferfunction, as defined in the libtiff/tif_dirwrite.c source code file. A remote attacker can trick the victim into accessing a Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) file that submits malicious input and trigger a segmentation fault in the cpSeparateBufToContigBuf function in the tiffcp.c file, resulting in a DoS condition.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

LibTIFF: 4.0.10

External links

http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2833


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. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.



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