CVE-2023-2908

Published Jun 30, 2023

Last updated a year ago

CVSS medium 5.5

Overview

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.
Source: secalert@redhat.com
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 5.5
Impact score: 3.6
Exploitability score: 1.8
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity: MEDIUM

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-476
secalert@redhat.com: CWE-476

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "A17B02C6-10A4-4AAF-9D59-BEA968264451",
            "versionEndIncluding": "4.5.0"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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