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CVE-2023-3164

Published: 2 November 2023

A heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability was found in LibTIFF, in extractImageSection() at tools/tiffcrop.c:7916 and tools/tiffcrop.c:7801. This flaw allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted tiff file.

Notes

AuthorNote
Priority reason:
Crash in command line tool only.
sbeattie 
buffer overflow in unprivileged tiffcrop CLI tool
mdeslaur 
as of 2024-01-08, there is no upstream fix for this issue

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
tiff
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		bionic Deferred

focal Deferred

jammy Deferred

kinetic Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
lunar Ignored
(end of life, was deferred)
mantic Deferred

noble Deferred

trusty Deferred

upstream Needs triage

xenial Deferred

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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