CVE-2012-3401
EPSS 0.82%
Description
The t2p_read_tiff_init function in tiff2pdf (tools/tiff2pdf.c) in LibTIFF 4.0.2 and earlier does not properly initialize the T2P context struct pointer in certain error conditions, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF image that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
How to fix CVE-2012-3401
To remediate CVE-2012-3401, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/tiff—upgrade to 4.0.2-2 or later
Is CVE-2012-3401 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.8%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 4.0.2-2