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CVE-2023-2908

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.

Published

2023-06-30T22:15:10.017

Last Modified

2025-11-03T21:15:57.683

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 5.5 (MEDIUM)

Weaknesses

Type: Secondary
CWE-476
Type: Primary
CWE-476

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	libtiff	libtiff	≤ 4.5.0	Yes

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2908 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2218830 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/9bd48f0dbd64fb94dc2b5b05238fde0bfdd4ff3f Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/479 Exploit, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00034.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230731-0004/ Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2908 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2218830 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/9bd48f0dbd64fb94dc2b5b05238fde0bfdd4ff3f Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/479 Exploit, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00034.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00019.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230731-0004/ Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)