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CVE-2017-16232 (GCVE-0-2017-16232)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-03-17 16:44 – Updated: 2024-08-05 20:20 Disputed
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Summary
LibTIFF 4.0.8 has multiple memory leak vulnerabilities, which allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), as demonstrated by tif_open.c, tif_lzw.c, and tif_aux.c. NOTE: Third parties were unable to reproduce the issue
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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