CVE-2023-6277
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Description
An out-of-memory flaw was found in libtiff. Passing a crafted tiff file to TIFFOpen() API may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a craft input with size smaller than 379 KB.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.5
(v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Modified
Source identifier
Published
2023-11-24 19:15:07.643000
Last modified
2026-11-05 12:17:36.007000
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