Libtiff · Libtiff · CVE-2023-26966
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
libtiff version 4.5.0
**Description**
The issue is caused by a buffer overflow on the stack in the uv encode() function of the LibTIFF library. This can occur when the library reads a corrupted little-endian TIFF file and specifies the output to be big-endian. Exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker to cause a denial of service.
**Recommendations**
For libtiff version 4.5.0, consider disabling the uv encode() function as a temporary workaround until a patch is available to prevent potential exploitation when reading corrupted little-endian TIFF files and specifying big-endian output.