Heap-based buffer overflow in LibTIFF - CVE-2012-2088

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 Integer signedness error in the TIFFReadDirectory function in tif_dirread.c in libtiff 3.9.4 and earlier. A remote attacker can use a negative tile depth in a tiff image to trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

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

Affected software

How to mitigate CVE-2012-2088

External References

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Mar/msg00002.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00010.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1054.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49686
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50726
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-02.xml
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6162
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6163
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:101
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54270
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=832864
• https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15083566

Related Security Bulletins

• Heap-based buffer overflow in LibTIFF
• Heap-based buffer overflow in tiff (Alpine package)
• SUSE Linux update for libtiff
• Amazon Linux AMI update for libtiff
• Slackware Linux update for libtiff