SB2017032408 - Division by zero in LibTIFF
Published: March 24, 2017 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017032408
Severity
Medium
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local 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-2016-10267)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to divide-by-zero error within LibTIFF 4.0.7. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted TIFF image, related to libtiff/tif_ojpeg.c:816:8.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3844
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97117
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/01/01/libtiff-multiple-divide-by-zero
- https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/43bc256d8ae44b92d2734a3c5bc73957a4d7c1ec
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-27
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3602-1/