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tiff — security advisory
A null pointer dereference issue was found in Libtiff's tif_dir.c file. This issue may allow an attacker to pass a crafted TIFF image file to the tiffcp utility which triggers a runtime error that causes undefined behavior. This will result in an application crash, eventually leading to a denial of service.
- Products
- tiff
- Affected versions
- 4.5.0-6, 4.5.0-6+deb12u1
- Fixed versions
- 4.5.0-6+deb12u2, 4.5.1~rc3-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-2908
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 15:52 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A null pointer dereference issue was found in Libtiff's tif_dir.c file. This issue may allow an attacker to pass a crafted TIFF image file to the tiffcp utility which triggers a runtime error that causes undefined behavior. This will result in an application crash, eventually leading to a denial of service.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2023-2908
tiff
Fixed versions: 4.5.0-6+deb12u2
tiff
Fixed versions: 4.5.1~rc3-1
tiff
Fixed versions: 4.5.1~rc3-1
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-26T18:02:13.487963763Z",
"provider": "osv",
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"source_id": "core-osv",
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