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LibTIFF LZW Decoder Buffer Underflow Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA31610
Release Date: 2008-08-26
Popularity: 6,553 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:LibTIFF 3.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in LibTIFF, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or to potentially compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to errors within the "LZWDecode()" and "LZWDecodeCompat()" functions in libtiff/tif_lzw.c. These can be exploited to cause a buffer underflow via a specially crafted TIFF file.

The vulnerability is reported in version 3.8.2. Other versions may also be affected.

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