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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-35521

A flaw was found in libtiff. Due to a memory allocation failure in tif_read.c, a crafted TIFF file can lead to an abort, resulting in denial of service.

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CVE-2020-35521
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1 Nov 2026, 08:09 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-35521

core-osv · Original source

Published 9 Mar 2021, 20:15 UTC

A flaw was found in libtiff. Due to a memory allocation failure in tif_read.c, a crafted TIFF file can lead to an abort, resulting in denial of service.

osv:CVE-2020-35521
Complete source record
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