OSVDB ID: 10909

Title: LibTIFF tif_dirread Malformed Image Overflow DoS

Info

Disclosure

Oct 18, 2004

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Unknown

Solution

Unknown

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 Integrity, Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

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

libtiff

3.6.1

References

Credit

  • Matthias Clasen -


Direct URL: http://osvdb.org/10909