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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-8905

In LibTIFF 4.0.9, a heap-based buffer overflow occurs in the function LZWDecodeCompat in tif_lzw.c via a crafted TIFF file, as demonstrated by tiff2ps...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

In LibTIFF 4.0.9, a heap-based buffer overflow occurs in the function LZWDecodeCompat in tif_lzw.c via a crafted TIFF file, as demonstrated by tiff2ps.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 tiff

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.0.9-6"}]}]

Debian:13 tiff

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.0.9-6"}]}]

Debian:14 tiff

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.0.9-6"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org