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.

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    "title": "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.",
    "summary": "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.",
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:39.437946244Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00034.html",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00019.html",
        "https://research.jfrog.com/vulnerabilities/libtiff-nullderef-dos-xray-522144/",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/3xxx/CVE-2023-3316.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3316",
        "https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/515",
        "https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/468"
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  "document_id": 507187,
  "published_at": "2023-06-19T11:10:41.964+00:00"
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