Vulnerability in Scribus

[ Description ]Official description

Scribus before 1.6.7 and 1.7.x before 1.7.4 contains an integer overflow vulnerability in the scimgdataloader_tiff TIFF loader that allows attackers to trigger a heap overflow via crafted tile dimensions. Attackers can supply a tiled TIFF with large tile width, height and sample values for a user to import, corrupting heap memory to crash Scribus or execute code.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.

[ References ]References

• github.com/scribusproject/scribus
• github.com/scribusproject/scribus/commit/57ebf70d503eef7124fcfba0e6222ea4d80675d2
• github.com/scribusproject/scribus/commit/b3e2be4e0f4063991c0b3af1c1447218ed33f0cc
• wiki.scribus.net/canvas/1.6.7_Release
• www.vulncheck.com/advisories/scribus-before-1.6.7-heap-overflow-via-tiff-tile-buffer-ha…