Low severity · published Dec 18, 2023
CVE-2023-6228
Libtiff: heap-based buffer overflow in cpstriptotile() in tools/tiffcp.c
3.3
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was found in the tiffcp utility distributed by the libtiff package where a crafted TIFF file on processing may cause a heap-based buffer overflow leads to an application crash.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 34% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
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
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6228
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6228
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2289
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:5079
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6228
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2240995
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