Input validation error in LibTIFF - CVE-2012-1173
Published: June 4, 2012 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33953
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1173
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Multiple integer overflows in tiff_getimage.c in LibTIFF 3.9.4 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted tile size in a TIFF file, which is not properly handled by the (1) gtTileSeparate or (2) gtStripSeparate function, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.
Affected software
LibTIFF
Amazon Linux AMI
Slackware Linux
tiff (Alpine package)
Amazon Linux AMI
Slackware Linux
tiff (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2012-1173
Install update from vendor's website.
LibTIFF - update to 3.9.5
tiff (Alpine package) - update to 3.9.5-r0
tiff (Alpine package) - update to 3.9.5-r0
External References
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/attachment.cgi?id=477&action=diff
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2369
- http://home.gdal.org/private/zdi-can-1221/zdi-can-1221.txt
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077463.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078403.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078835.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0468.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48684
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48722
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48735
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48757
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48893
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50726
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-02.xml
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1416-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2447
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:054
- http://www.osvdb.org/81025
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52891
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026895
- https://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100161772
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74656
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14302713