CVE-2012-4447 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Tiff

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow9 documents7 sources
Severity
6.8MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.2%
top 21.16%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Debian TiffLibtiff
Timeline
PublishedOct 28
Latest updateMay 17

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in tif_pixarlog.c in LibTIFF before 4.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF image using the PixarLog Compression format.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDlibtiff/libtiff4.0.2+28
▶debiandebian/tiff< tiff 4.0.2-4 (bookworm)

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-g87v-m6xq-4j4j: Heap-based buffer overflow in tif_pixarlog↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2012-4447: Heap-based buffer overflow in tif_pixarlog↗2012-10-28
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
LibTIFF vulnerabilities↗2012-11-15
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Red Hat
libtiff: Heap-buffer overflow when processing a TIFF image with PixarLog Compression↗2012-09-22
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Debian
CVE-2012-4447: tiff - Heap-based buffer overflow in tif_pixarlog.c in LibTIFF before 4.0.3 allows remo...↗2012
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2012-4447 CVE-2012-5581 mingw-libtiff various flaws [fedora-all]↗2012-12-21
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Bugzilla
CVE-2012-4447 CVE-2012-3401 CVE-2012-5581 CVE-2012-4564 libtiff various flaws [fedora-all]↗2012-11-28
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Bugzilla
CVE-2012-4447 libtiff: Heap-buffer overflow when processing a TIFF image with PixarLog Compression↗2012-09-25
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