Heap-based buffer overflow in LibTIFF - CVE-2016-10092
Published: July 3, 2018 / Updated: July 3, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13548
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10092
CWE-ID: CWE-122
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 vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer overflow in the readContigStripsIntoBuffer function in tif_unix.c when processing malicious input. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted image, trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.
Affected software
LibTIFF
Opensuse
Fedora
Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot
mingw-libtiff
Opensuse
Fedora
Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot
mingw-libtiff
How to mitigate CVE-2016-10092
Install update from vendor's website.
Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot - update to dsyte2z-9.65
mingw-libtiff - update to 4.0.9-1.fc28
mingw-libtiff - update to 4.0.9-1.fc28