GHSA-g995-h8wx-7qw6

GHSA-g995-h8wx-7qw6 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 18, 2023

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in Libtiff's LZWDecode() function in the libtiff/tif_lzw.c file. This flaw allows a local attacker to craft specific input data that can cause the program to dereference a NULL pointer when decompressing a TIFF format file, resulting in a program crash or denial of service.

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

5.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Timeline

May 18, 2023 CVE Published
Apr 10, 2026 Security Advisory

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