Info

Last Modified

about 1 month ago

Percent Complete

100%

Disclosure

Oct 14, 2004

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Oct 14, 2004

Solution

Unknown

Keywords

SCOSA-2005.49 6217996, 6203734, 6203747, 6203736

Description

A local overflow exists in LibTIFF. LibTIFF fails to decode a specially crafted image resulting in a heap-based overflow during RLE decoding in tif_next.c and in tif_thunder.c. There may be heap-based overflows when doing RLE decoding in tif_luv.c. With a specially crafted image, an attacker can cause a buffer overflow resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.7.0beta2 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

libtiff

3.6.1

References

Tools & Filters

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Manual Testing Notes

Credit

Chris Evans - chrisscary.beasts.org -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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