Heap-based buffer over-read in LibTIFF - CVE-2017-5563
Published: April 3, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU11497
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5563
CWE-ID: CWE-126
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in tif_lzw.c due to heap-based buffer over-read. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.
The weakness exists in tif_lzw.c due to heap-based buffer over-read. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.
Affected software
LibTIFF
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
mingw-libtiff
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
mingw-libtiff
How to mitigate CVE-2017-5563
Install update from vendor's website.
mingw-libtiff - update to 4.0.9-1.fc28