National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-1173
Original release date:06/04/2012
Last revised:05/15/2013
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Multiple integer overflows in tiff_getimage.c in LibTIFF 3.9.4 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted tile size in a TIFF file, which is not properly handled by the (1) gtTileSeparate or (2) gtStripSeparate function, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: SUSE
Name: openSUSE-SU-2012:0539
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100161772
External Source: XF
Name: libtiff-gttileseparate-bo(74656)
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1026895
External Source: BID
Name: 52891
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 81025
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-2447
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-1416-1
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-201209-02
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 50726
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 48893
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 48757
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 48735
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 48722
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 48684
Type: Advisory
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2012:0468
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2012-5410
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2012-5406
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2012-5463
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2012-09-19-2
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2012-09-19-1
External Source: MISC
Name: http://home.gdal.org/private/zdi-can-1221/zdi-can-1221.txt
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2369
External Source: MISC
Name: http://bugzilla.maptools.org/attachment.cgi?id=477&action=diff