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GHSA-XMCC-CX53-XXG3

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-02-14 00:30 – Updated: 2025-03-21 21:31

Details

LibTIFF 4.4.0 has an out-of-bounds read in tiffcrop in tools/tiffcrop.c:3400, 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

5.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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CVE-2023-0798 (GCVE-0-2023-0798)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-13 00:00 – Updated: 2025-03-21 19:02

Summary

Severity

6.8 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-03-21 19:02 UTC

CWE

Out-of-bounds read in libtiff
CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds Read

Assigner

GitLab CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 75/100 over 312 records in the last 180 days details

References

7 references

URL	Tags
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/afaab…
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/492
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/…
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023…	mailing-list
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5361	vendor-advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-2023031…
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-31	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
libtiff	libtiff	Affected: <=4.4.0

Credits

wangdw.augustus@gmail.com

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