CVE-2023-2908
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CVE-2023-2908 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.5/10 on the CVSS scale. 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. EPSS estimates a 0.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Libtiff | Libtiff | <= 4.5.0 |
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://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230731-0004/Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
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- Status
- Modified
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