CVE-2022-40090: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

August 22, 2023 (updated August 26, 2023)

An issue was discovered in function TIFFReadDirectory libtiff before 4.4.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted TIFF file.

References

gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/455
gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/386
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40090

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