Buffer underflow in LibTIFF - CVE-2009-2285

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Buffer underflow in LibTIFF - CVE-2009-2285

Published: June 25, 2020 / Updated: July 2, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU29280
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2009-2285
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the LZWDecodeCompat function in libtiff when processing TIFF files. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted TIFF image, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

LibTIFF
Gentoo Linux
tiff (Alpine package)

How to mitigate CVE-2009-2285

Install updates from vendor's website.

LibTIFF - update to 3.9.1
tiff (Alpine package) - addressed in versions 3.8.2-r3, 3.9.5-r0

Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes

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