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CVE-2016-3623 (GCVE-0-2016-3623)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-10-03 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:03
VLAI
Summary
The rgb2ycbcr tool in LibTIFF 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero) by setting the (1) v or (2) h parameter to 0.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
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http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2569 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-0… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/08/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Date Public
2016-04-08 00:00
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