Out-of-bounds write in LibTIFF - CVE-2017-11335
Published: May 15, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU12657
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-2017-11335
CWE-ID: CWE-787
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: LibTIFF
Affected software:
LibTIFF
LibTIFF
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition or execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The weakness exists in the ZIPDecode function in tif_zip.c in tools/tiff2pdf.c due to heap-based buffer overflow. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted PlanarConfig=Contig image, trigger a more than one hundred bytes out-of-bounds write and cause the service to crash or execute arbitrary code.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
The weakness exists in the ZIPDecode function in tif_zip.c in tools/tiff2pdf.c due to heap-based buffer overflow. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted PlanarConfig=Contig image, trigger a more than one hundred bytes out-of-bounds write and cause the service to crash or execute arbitrary code.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-11335
Install update from vendor's website.