Medium severity · published Apr 10, 2023
CVE-2023-1916
A flaw was found in tiffcrop, a program distributed by the libtiff package
6.1
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A flaw was found in tiffcrop, a program distributed by the libtiff package. A specially crafted tiff file can lead to an out-of-bounds read in the extractImageSection function in tools/tiffcrop.c, resulting in a denial of service and limited information disclosure. This issue affects libtiff versions 4.x.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 30% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
libtiff ·
libtiff versions 4.x and newer are affected · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1916
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1916
gitlab.com
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/536%2C
Exploit
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/537
support.apple.com
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213844
Exploit
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/536
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