VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2023-2908

This issue may allow an attacker to pass a crafted TIFF image file to the tiffcp utility which triggers a runtime error that causes undefined behavior.

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

A null pointer dereference issue was found in Libtiff's tif_dir.c file. This issue may allow an attacker to pass a crafted TIFF image file to the tiffcp utility which triggers a runtime error that causes undefined behavior. This will result in an application crash, eventually leading to a denial of service.

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 · 36th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-476
Affected: libtiff/libtiff
Source: secalert@redhat.com

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2908Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2218830Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/9bd48f0dbd64fb94dc2b5b05238fde0bfdd4ff3fPatch, Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/479Exploit, Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00034.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230731-0004/Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2908Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2218830Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/9bd48f0dbd64fb94dc2b5b05238fde0bfdd4ff3fPatch, Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/479Exploit, Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00034.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00019.html
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230731-0004/Third Party Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.