CVE-2017-5849 — Out-of-bounds Read in Project Netpbm

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds ReadCWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write6 documents5 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 53.71%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Fedoraproject FedoraNetpbm Project NetpbmDebian Netpbm-free
Timeline
PublishedMar 15
Latest updateMay 17

Description

tiffttopnm in netpbm 10.47.63 does not properly use the libtiff TIFFRGBAImageGet function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and write) via a crafted tiff image file, related to transposing width and height values.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDnetpbm_project/netpbm10.47.63

Also affects: Fedora 24, 25

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-7c32-9pjx-pj89: tiffttopnm in netpbm 10↗2022-05-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
netpbm: Calls TIFFRGBA with width and height parameters switched↗2017-01-31
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Debian
CVE-2017-5849: netpbm-free - tiffttopnm in netpbm 10.47.63 does not properly use the libtiff TIFFRGBAImageGet...↗2017
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-5849 netpbm: Calls TIFFRGBA with width and height parameters switched↗2017-02-06
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-2586 CVE-2017-2587 CVE-2017-5849 netpbm: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2017-02-06
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