Medium severity · published Jul 12, 2023
CVE-2023-3618
Segmentation fault in fax3encode in libtiff/tif_fax3.c
6.5
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A flaw was found in libtiff. A specially crafted tiff file can lead to a segmentation fault due to a buffer overflow in the Fax3Encode function in libtiff/tif_fax3.c, resulting in a denial of service.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 68% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FE
Fedora · Fedora
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
LI
Libtiff · Libtiff
before 4.5.1 · source: vendor, NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3618
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3618
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3618
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2215865
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00034.html
security.netapp.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230824-0012/
support.apple.com
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214036
support.apple.com
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214037
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