CVE-2023-0804
LibTIFF 4.4.0 has an out-of-bounds write in tiffcrop in tools/tiffcrop.c:3609, allowing attackers to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted tiff file.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.43%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
LibTIFF 4.4.0 has an out-of-bounds write in tiffcrop in tools/tiffcrop.c:3609, 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 33aee127.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.43% probability · 37th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- libtiff/libtiff
- Source
- cve@gitlab.com
EPSS 0.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-0804.jsonVDB Entry
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/33aee1275d9d1384791d2206776eb8152d397f00Patch
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/497Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00026.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FBF3UUFSB6NB3NFTQSKOOIZGXJP3T34Z/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-31
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230324-0009/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5361
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-0804.jsonVDB Entry
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/33aee1275d9d1384791d2206776eb8152d397f00Patch
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/497Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00026.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FBF3UUFSB6NB3NFTQSKOOIZGXJP3T34Z/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-31
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230324-0009/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5361
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.