USN-5743-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5743-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5743-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-5743-1
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Published
2022-11-24T17:02:39.270760Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:55:56.202543Z
Summary
tiff vulnerability
Details

It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain malformed images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, a remote attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / tiff

Package

Name
tiff
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/tiff@4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm8?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm8

Affected versions

4.*

4.0.3-12.3ubuntu2
4.0.5-1
4.0.6-1
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.1
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.2
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.3
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.4
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.5
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.6
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.7
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm1
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm2
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm3
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm4
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm6
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm7

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff-doc",
            "binary_version": "4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm8"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff-opengl",
            "binary_version": "4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm8"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff-opengl-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm8"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff-tools",
            "binary_version": "4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm8"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff-tools-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm8"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff5",
            "binary_version": "4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm8"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff5-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm8"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff5-dev",
            "binary_version": "4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm8"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiffxx5",
            "binary_version": "4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm8"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiffxx5-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm8"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}