Description
libtiff up to 3.7.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a TIFF image header with a zero "YCbCr subsampling" value, which causes a divide-by-zero error in (1) tif_strip.c and (2) tif_tile.c, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0804.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | tiff | 3.7.0-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | tiff | 3.7.0-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | tiff | 3.7.0-1 | — |
References
- https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12008
- MDKSA-2005:143 vendor-advisory
- 16486 third-party-advisory
- MDKSA-2005:144 vendor-advisory
- USN-156-1 vendor-advisory
- 16266 third-party-advisory
- 14417 vdb-entry
- MDKSA-2005:142 vendor-advisory