CVE-2023-0797 (GCVE-0-2023-0797)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-13 00:00 – Updated: 2025-03-21 19:03
VLAI
Summary
LibTIFF 4.4.0 has an out-of-bounds read in tiffcrop in libtiff/tif_unix.c:368, invoked by tools/tiffcrop.c:2903 and tools/tiffcrop.c:6921, allowing attackers to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted tiff file. For users that compile libtiff from sources, the fix is available with commit afaabc3e.
Severity
6.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • Out-of-bounds read in libtiff
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
libtiff libtiff Affected: <=4.4.0
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Credits
wangdw.augustus@gmail.com
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