CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-36849

High
Published: —Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A vulnerability in the libtiff library related to handling the SamplesPerPixel tag allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS). Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2023 that fix this issue.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could remotely crash or hang an application processing TIFF images, disrupting service availability.

Recommendation

Update libtiff packages on Amazon Linux 2023 systems to the latest patched version.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2023 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-36849: Denial of Service via large SamplesPerPixel tag CVE-2026-12912: A flaw was found in libtiff. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing a specially crafted PixarLog-com

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