CVE-2023-0795 describes an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in LibTIFF version 4.4.0, specifically within the tiffcrop utility, which can be triggered by a specially crafted TIFF file. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 5.5) allows an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition, requiring user interaction and local access to exploit. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
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LibTIFF 4.4.0 has an out-of-bounds read in tiffcrop in tools/tiffcrop.c:3488 allowing attackers to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted tiff file. For users that compile libtiff from sources the fix is available with commit afaabc3e.
Feb 14, 2023libtiff: out-of-bounds read in extractContigSamplesShifted16bits() in tools/tiffcrop.c
Feb 12, 2023