Stack-based buffer overflow in LibTIFF - CVE-2022-34526

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Stack-based buffer overflow in LibTIFF - CVE-2022-34526

Published: November 17, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU69403
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-34526
CWE-ID: CWE-121
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
LibTIFF
Software vendor:
LibTIFF

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the _TIFFVGetField() function in Tiffsplit. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted file to the application, trigger a stack-based buffer overflow and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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