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Divide By Zero

CVE-2014-8130

Medium
6.5/10

Summary

The _TIFFmalloc function in tif_unix.c in LibTIFF up to v4.0.3 does not reject a zero size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted TIFF image that is mishandled by the TIFFWriteScanline function in tif_write.c, as demonstrated by tiffdither.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-369 - Divide By Zero

The product divides a value by zero.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published