vulnerability
Gentoo Linux: CVE-2014-9655: libTIFF: Multiple vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Apr 13, 2016 | Oct 30, 2017 | Mar 31, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Apr 13, 2016
Added
Oct 30, 2017
Modified
Mar 31, 2026
Description
The (1) putcontig8bitYCbCr21tile function in tif_getimage.c or (2) NeXTDecode function in tif_next.c in LibTIFF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access) via a crafted TIFF image, as demonstrated by libtiff-cvs-1.tif and libtiff-cvs-2.tif.
Solution
gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-libs-tiff
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