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Red Hat: CVE-2017-17095: libtiff: Heap-based buffer overflow in tools/pal2rgb.c can lead to denial of service (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Nov 29, 2017
Added
May 8, 2025
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

tools/pal2rgb.c in pal2rgb in LibTIFF 4.0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (TIFFSetupStrips heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF file.

Solutions

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