{"id":"USN-3212-2","aliases":[],"status":"published","title":"tiff regression","description":"USN-3212-1 fixed vulnerabilities in LibTIFF. Unfortunately, some of the\nsecurity patches were misapplied, which caused a regression when processing\ncertain images. This update fixes the problem.\n\nWe apologize for the inconvenience.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain malformed\n images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially\n crafted image, a remote attacker could crash the application, leading to a\n denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges.","facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"published":"2017-05-30T14:04:34Z","modified":"2026-04-22T09:32:59Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","package":"tiff","fixed_in":["4.0.3-7ubuntu0.7"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","package":"tiff","fixed_in":["4.0.6-1ubuntu0.2"],"sources":["osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","package":"tiff","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.0.3-7ubuntu0.7"}]}],"versions":["4.0.2-4ubuntu3","4.0.3-5ubuntu1","4.0.3-6","4.0.3-6ubuntu1","4.0.3-7","4.0.3-7ubuntu0.1","4.0.3-7ubuntu0.2","4.0.3-7ubuntu0.3","4.0.3-7ubuntu0.4","4.0.3-7ubuntu0.6"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","package":"tiff","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.0.6-1ubuntu0.2"}]}],"versions":["4.0.3-12.3ubuntu2","4.0.5-1","4.0.6-1","4.0.6-1ubuntu0.1"]}],"references":[{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3212-2","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://launchpad.net/bugs/1670036","tags":["report"]}],"sources":{"osv":[{"id":"USN-3212-2","title":"tiff regression","description":"USN-3212-1 fixed vulnerabilities in LibTIFF. Unfortunately, some of the\nsecurity patches were misapplied, which caused a regression when processing\ncertain images. This update fixes the problem.\n\nWe apologize for the inconvenience.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain malformed\n images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially\n crafted image, a remote attacker could crash the application, leading to a\n denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges.\n","status":"published","published":"2017-05-30T14:04:34Z","modified":"2026-04-22T09:32:59.395705Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:58:10.303275Z"}]}}