| Name | CVE-2024-6716 |
| Description | A 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. |
| Source | CVE (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 Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| tiff (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 4.2.0-1+deb11u5 | vulnerable |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 4.5.0-6+deb12u1 | vulnerable |
| trixie, sid | 4.5.1+git230720-4 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| tiff | source | (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