Write-what-where Condition Affecting libtiff package, versions [0,]
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- published23 Sept 2025
- disclosed22 Sept 2025
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 22 Sep 2025
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How to fix?
A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Write-what-where Condition in the TIFFReadRGBAImageOriented() function while processing paletted images with malformed metadata. TIFF file. An attacker can achieve arbitrary memory write by convincing a user to open a specially crafted TIFF file with a very large value for img.height (e.g., 0xFFFF) and a valid rheight (e.g.,256).