CVE-2011-3194

Description

Buffer overflow in the TIFF reader in gui/image/qtiffhandler.cpp in Qt 4.7.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via the TIFFTAG_SAMPLESPERPIXEL tag in a greyscale TIFF image with multiple samples per pixel.

Category

9.3
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 5.68% Top 15%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/46371 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1504-1 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/46140 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/24/8 mailing list
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-02.xml vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-10/msg00007.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/46410 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69975 vdb entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/6 mailing list
https://qt.gitorious.org/qt/qt/commit/cb6380beb81ab9571c547270c144988781fed465
http://secunia.com/advisories/46128 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/46187 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/49895 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=637275
http://secunia.com/advisories/49383 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49724 vdb entry
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/066209.html vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1323.html vendor advisory
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/12056605 vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1328.html vendor advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/75653 vdb entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-10/msg00008.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-3194?
CVE-2011-3194 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-3194?
To fix CVE-2011-3194, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2011-3194 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2011-3194 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~6% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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