CVE-2012-5581 — 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-121 — Stack-based Buffer Overflow9 documents7 sources
Severity
6.8MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.6%
top 18.01%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Debian TiffLibtiff
Timeline
PublishedJan 4
Latest updateMay 17

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in tif_dir.c in LibTIFF before 4.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted DOTRANGE tag in a TIFF image.

CVSS vector

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

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDlibtiff/libtiff4.0.1+27
▶debiandebian/tiff< tiff 4.0.2-1 (bookworm)

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-jvhr-577x-xxvq: Stack-based buffer overflow in tif_dir↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2012-5581: Stack-based buffer overflow in tif_dir↗2013-01-04
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
LibTIFF vulnerability↗2012-12-05
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Red Hat
libtiff: Stack-based buffer overflow when reading a tiled tiff file↗2012-10-18
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Debian
CVE-2012-5581: tiff - Stack-based buffer overflow in tif_dir.c in LibTIFF before 4.0.2 allows remote a...↗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-2012-5581 libtiff: Stack-based buffer overflow when reading a tiled tiff file↗2012-10-17
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