Division by zero in LibTIFF - CVE-2016-10267
Published: March 24, 2017 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32099
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10267
CWE-ID: CWE-369
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: LibTIFF
Affected software:
LibTIFF
LibTIFF
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to divide-by-zero error within LibTIFF 4.0.7. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted TIFF image, related to libtiff/tif_ojpeg.c:816:8.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-10267
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Sources
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3844
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97117
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/01/01/libtiff-multiple-divide-by-zero
- https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/43bc256d8ae44b92d2734a3c5bc73957a4d7c1ec
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-27
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3602-1/