Integer overflow - CVE-2017-2870

 

Integer overflow - CVE-2017-2870

Published: August 31, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU8061
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-2870
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
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Affected software:

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The weakness exists in the tiffimageparse functionality due to integer overflow. A remote attacker can trick the victim to click a malicious link or open a specially crafted TIFF file, trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-2870

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official patch addressing the vulnerability.

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