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CVE-2026-54604NVD

Description

OpenSlide is a C library for reading whole slide image files. Prior to 4.0.1, a behavior change in libtiff 4.7.1 causes the indirect TIFF tile path in src/openslide-decode-tiff.c and _openslide_tiff_read_tile() to request a full-height destination for a partial bottom tile row, allowing uninitialized heap memory to enter pixel data returned by openslide_read_region(). A crafted but valid slide can trigger the issue in TIFF-based formats other than Hamamatsu NDPI when a network service renders attacker-provided slides. Successful extraction depends on pixel transparency handling and recompression, OpenSlide with libtiff 4.7.0 or earlier is not affected, and official binary builds 4.0.0.10 and 4.0.0.11 are affected. This issue is fixed in OpenSlide 4.0.1 and official binary build 4.0.0.12.
Severity Level
MEDIUM (5.3)
Published Date
17/09/2026
Last Modified
18/09/2026
Exploitation Status
????
EPSS Score
0.30% (percentile 22.9%)

CVSS Base Metrics

CVSS v4 (4.0)
MEDIUM 5.3
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-758 - CWE-758: Reliance on Undefined, Unspecified, or Implementation-Defined BehaviorCWE-908 - CWE-908: Use of Uninitialized Resource

Affected & Patched Versions

ProductAffected VersionsPatched Version
openslide openslide< 4.0.1N/A
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