The vulnerability of the bmp2tiff component in the LibTIFF library allows a hacker to gain access to data beyond the buffer boundaries allocated in dynamic memory.

The vulnerability of the bmp2tiff component in the LibTIFF library arises from insufficient checking of the input parameters biWidth and biHeight in the bitmap-information header of the BMP image. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker, operating remotely, to gain access to data beyo...