SB2016100306 - Division by zero in LibTIFF
Published: October 3, 2016 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016100306
Severity
Medium
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Division by zero (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3622)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to divide-by-zero error within The fpAcc function in tif_predict.c in the tiff2rgba tool in LibTIFF 4.0.6 and earlier. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (divide-by-zero error) via a crafted TIFF image.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.