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CVE-2024-7006

Publication date 12 August 2024

Last updated 11 September 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

A null pointer dereference flaw was found in Libtiff via `tif_dirinfo.c`. This issue may allow an attacker to trigger memory allocation failures through certain means, such as restricting the heap space size or injecting faults, causing a segmentation fault. This can cause an application crash, eventually leading to a denial of service.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
gdal 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty
Needs evaluation
neuron 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
qtwebengine-opensource-src 24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
texmaker 24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
tiff 24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 4.5.1+git230720-4ubuntu2.2
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 4.3.0-6ubuntu0.10
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.14
18.04 LTS bionic
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty

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Notes

sbeattie

texmaker added an embedded copy of libtiff in bionic

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-6997-1
    • LibTIFF vulnerability
    • 9 September 2024
    • USN-6997-2
    • LibTIFF vulnerability
    • 11 September 2024

Other references