10909 : LibTIFF tif_dirread Malformed Image Overflow DoS
Printer | http://osvdb.org/10909 | Email This | Edit Vulnerability

Views This Week

6

Views All Time

100

Info

Last Modified

about 1 month ago

Percent Complete

100%

Disclosure

Oct 18, 2004

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Unknown

Solution

Unknown

Keywords

SCOSA-2005.49 6217996, 6203734, 6203747, 6203736

Description

A remote overflow exists in libTIFF. LibTIFF divides by zero when receiving a TIFF image where the row bytes are equal to zero resulting in a integer overflow. With a specially crafted TIFF image, an attacker can cause the application to crash resulting in a loss of availability.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service, Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Unknown

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, Debian has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

libtiff
Watch-list
libtiff
Watch-list
3.6.1

References

Tools & Filters

15523 15552 15629 15665 15898 15906 16004 17281 17680 18017 18775 19090 24551

Credit

  • Matthias Clasen -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

Access_vector_2 Access_complexity_2 Authentication_2 Confidentiality_impact_0 Integrity_impact_0 Availability_impact_1

Blogs

This section lists the latest news and blogs found via the daylife API (and for older items, the technorati API), which mention or otherwise discuss this vulnerability.

None found at this time

Comments

No Comments.

The database information may change without any notice. Use of the information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition, and there are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. In no event shall the copyright holder or distributor (OSVDB or OSF) be held liable for any damages whatsoever arising out of or in connection with the use or spread of this information.

© Copyright 2010 Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB), All Rights Reserved.
Privacy Statement - Terms of Use