LibTIFF is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability.
Attackers can exploit this issue to cause denial-of-service conditions.
LibTIFF 4.0.8 is vulnerable; other versions may also be vulnerable.
Information
Exploit
The researcher has created a proof-of-concept to demonstrate the issue. Please see the references for more information.
References:
- LibTIFF Homepage (LibTIFF)
- Bug 2712 - There is a assertion failure abort in tif_dirwrite.c of libtiff. A c (maptools.org)