National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-4447

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: MISC

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=860198

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=860198

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-1631-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1631-1

External Source: BID

Name: 55673

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55673

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/v4.0.3.html

Hyperlink:http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/v4.0.3.html

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20120925 CVE Request: libtiff: Heap-buffer overflow when processing a TIFF image with PixarLog Compression

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/25/9

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20120925 Re: CVE Request: libtiff: Heap-buffer overflow when processing a TIFF image with PixarLog Compression

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/25/14

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-2561

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2561

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 51049

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/51049

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 49938

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/49938

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2012:1590

Hyperlink:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1590.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: openSUSE-SU-2013:0187

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00076.html