NULL Pointer Dereference

2022-03-1506:07:03

Veracode Vulnerability Database

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5.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

4.3 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

JSON

libtiff.so is vulnerable to NULL pointer dereference. The vulnerability exists in createImageSection function in tiffcrop.c because it doesn’t check for return value of limitMalloc which allows an attacker to cause an application crash by sending a crafted tiff file.

CPENameOperatorVersion
libtiff.soeq5.4.0
libtiff.soeq3.9.4
libtiff.soeq5.7.0
libtiff.soeq5.2.0
libtiff.sole4.3.6
tiff:edgeeq4.2.0-r1
tiff:edgeeq4.1.0-r0
tiff:edgeeq4.3.0-r0
tiff:edgeeq4.2.0-r0
tiff:3.15eq4.3.0-r0

Name	Operator	Version
libtiff.so	eq	5.4.0
libtiff.so	eq	3.9.4
libtiff.so	eq	5.7.0
libtiff.so	eq	5.2.0
libtiff.so	le	4.3.6
tiff:edge	eq	4.2.0-r1
tiff:edge	eq	4.1.0-r0
tiff:edge	eq	4.3.0-r0
tiff:edge	eq	4.2.0-r0
tiff:3.15	eq	4.3.0-r0