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>> LibTIFF LZW Data Decoding Buffer Underflow Vulnerability
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A vulnerability has been identified in LibTIFF, which could be exploited by attackers to compromise a vulnerable system. This issue is caused by a buffer underflow error in the "LZWDecodeCompat()", "LZWDecode()", and "LZWDecodeVector()" [tif_lzw.c] functions when decoding malformed LZW data, which could be exploited by attackers to crash an affected application or execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a malicious TIFF file.
Affected Products
LibTIFF version 3.8.2 and prior
Solution
VUPEN Security is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2438
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=234080
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Drew Yao (Apple Product Security).
ChangeLog
2008-08-26 : Initial release
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