CVE-2023-3316: NULL Pointer Dereference

June 19, 2023 (updated August 1, 2023)

A NULL pointer dereference in TIFFClose() is caused by a failure to open an output file (non-existent path or a path that requires permissions like /dev/null) while specifying zones.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3316
research.jfrog.com/vulnerabilities/libtiff-nullderef-dos-xray-522144/

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