A flaw was found in libtiff. This flaw allows an attacker... · CVE-2024-6716 · GitHub Advisory Database · GitHub

A flaw was found in libtiff. This flaw allows an attacker...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Jul 15, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jul 15, 2024

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

A flaw was found in libtiff. This flaw allows an attacker to create a crafted tiff file, forcing libtiff to allocate memory indefinitely. This issue can result in a denial of service of the system consuming libtiff due to memory starvation.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database

Jul 15, 2024

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jul 15, 2024

Last updated Jul 15, 2024

Severity

Moderate

4.3

/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector

Network

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

None

User interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Low

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L