CVE-2024-6716

NameCVE-2024-6716
DescriptionA flaw was found in the libtiff library. An out-of-memory issue in the TIFFReadEncodedStrip function can be triggered when processing a crafted TIFF file, allowing attackers to perform memory allocation of arbitrary sizes, resulting in a denial of service.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
tiff (PTS)bullseye (security), bullseye4.2.0-1+deb11u5vulnerable
bookworm, bookworm (security)4.5.0-6+deb12u1vulnerable
trixie, sid4.5.1+git230720-4vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
tiffsource(unstable)(unfixed)unimportant

Notes

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2297636
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/620
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/553
Negligible security impact if following documentation/recommendations

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