VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2023-26966
libtiff 4.5.0 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow in uv_encode() when libtiff reads a corrupted little-endian TIFF file and specifies the output to be big-endian.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.42%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.42%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
libtiff 4.5.0 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow in uv_encode() when libtiff reads a corrupted little-endian TIFF file and specifies the output to be big-endian.
- 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
- 0.42% probability · 35th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-120
- Affected
- libtiff/libtiff
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/530Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/473Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00034.html
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/530Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/473Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00034.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00019.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.