CVE-2015-8784 (GCVE-0-2015-8784)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-04-13 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 08:29
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Summary
The NeXTDecode function in tif_next.c in LibTIFF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted TIFF image, as demonstrated by libtiff5.tif.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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References
Date Public
2016-01-24 00:00
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