MediumFix available
tiff — security advisory
A NULL pointer dereference in TIFFClose() is caused by a failure to open an output file (non-existent path or a path that requires permissions like /dev/null) while specifying zones.
- Products
- tiff
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 4.4.0-r4
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-3316
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 14:57 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A NULL pointer dereference in TIFFClose() is caused by a failure to open an output file (non-existent path or a path that requires permissions like /dev/null) while specifying zones.
osv:ALPINE-CVE-2023-3316
tiff
Fixed versions: 4.4.0-r4
tiff
Fixed versions: 4.4.0-r4
tiff
Fixed versions: 4.4.0-r4
Complete source record
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