Bug 1227914 (CVE-2024-6716) - VUL-0: CVE-2024-6716: tiff: libtiff: out-of-memory issue in TIFFReadEncodedStrip() may lead to denial of service
Summary: VUL-0: CVE-2024-6716: tiff: libtiff: out-of-memory issue in TIFFReadEncodedSt...
Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2024-6716
Product: SUSE Security Incidents
Classification: Novell Products
Component: Incidents (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other Other
: P2 - High : Normal
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Assignee: Michael Vetter
QA Contact: Security Team bot
URL: https://smash.suse.de/issue/414005/
Whiteboard: CVSSv3.1:SUSE:CVE-2024-6716:7.5:(AV:N...
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Reported: 2024-07-16 11:30 UTC by SMASH SMASH
Modified: 2024-07-16 12:35 UTC (History)
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Found By: Security Response Team
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Description SMASH SMASH 2024-07-16 11:30:52 UTC 
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:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2024-6716
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2297636
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6716
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6716
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/620