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CVE-2023-0798

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Description

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.

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https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5361

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-31

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230316-0003/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00026.html

https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/492

https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/afaabc3e50d4e5d80a94143f7e3c997e7e410f68

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-0798.json

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-02-13

Updated: 2025-03-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00011

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