libtiff 4.0.6 heap bufer overflow / out of bounds read (CVE-2016-9273)

Disclosed: 2019-10-04 17:42:16 By geeknik To ibb
Medium
Vulnerability Details
heap buffer overflow affecting libtiff 4.0.6 and possibly earlier. This library is baked into web browsers used by millions and also devices like the PlayStation Portable and the iPhone. http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2587 Reported to vendor on 7 November 2016: ``` ==18669==ERROR: AddressSanitizer: heap-buffer-overflow on address 0x60200000ef78 at pc 0x407549 bp 0x7ffeeb10bc00 sp 0x7ffeeb10bbf8 READ of size 8 at 0x60200000ef78 thread T0 #0 0x407548 in cpStrips /root/libtiff/tools/tiffsplit.c:246 #1 0x407548 in tiffcp /root/libtiff/tools/tiffsplit.c:227 #2 0x407548 in main /root/libtiff/tools/tiffsplit.c:89 #3 0x7face2437b44 in __libc_start_main (/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6+0x21b44) #4 0x40836c (/root/libtiff/tools/tiffsplit+0x40836c) 0x60200000ef78 is located 0 bytes to the right of 8-byte region [0x60200000ef70,0x60200000ef78) allocated by thread T0 here: #0 0x7face2b169f6 in __interceptor_realloc (/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libasan.so.1+0x549f6) #1 0x4a9ea0 in _TIFFCheckRealloc /root/libtiff/libtiff/tif_aux.c:73 #2 0x4a9ea0 in _TIFFCheckMalloc /root/libtiff/libtiff/tif_aux.c:88 SUMMARY: AddressSanitizer: heap-buffer-overflow /root/libtiff/tools/tiffsplit.c:246 cpStrips ``` Fixed by vendor on 10 November 2016: ``` >> 2016-11-10 Even Rouault <even.rouault at spatialys.com> >> * libtiff/tif_strip.c: make TIFFNumberOfStrips() return the >> td->td_nstrips value when it is non-zero, instead of recomputing it. >> This is needed in TIFF_STRIPCHOP mode where td_nstrips is modified. >> Fixes a read outside of array in tiffsplit >> (or other utilities using TIFFNumberOfStrips()). >> >> /cvs/maptools/cvsroot/libtiff/ChangeLog,v <-- ChangeLog >> new revision: 1.1151; previous revision: 1.1150 >> /cvs/maptools/cvsroot/libtiff/libtiff/tif_strip.c,v <-- libtiff/tif_strip.c >> new revision: 1.37; previous revision: 1.36 https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/d651abc097d91fac57f33b5f9447d0a9183f58e7 ``` CVE requested via oss-security on 9 November 2016: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/09/20 CVE assigned 11 November 2016: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/11/6
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  • Report ID: 181642
  • State: Closed
  • Substate: resolved
  • Upvotes: 7
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