Memory Leak Affecting tiff package, versions <4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.11
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU2004-TIFF-5775496
- published 14 Jul 2023
- disclosed 4 Oct 2023
Introduced: 14 Jul 2023
CVE-2023-3576 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 tiff to version 4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.11 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tiff package and not the tiff package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
A memory leak flaw was found in Libtiff's tiffcrop utility. This issue occurs when tiffcrop operates on a TIFF image file, allowing an attacker to pass a crafted TIFF image file to tiffcrop utility, which causes this memory leak issue, resulting an application crash, eventually leading to a denial of service.