CVE-2023-0797 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in LibTIFF 4.4.0, specifically within the tiffcrop utility, affecting products utilizing the libtiff library. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to trigger a denial-of-service by enticing a user to open a specially crafted TIFF file. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), it requires local access and user interaction to exploit, with the primary impact being system availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion 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 libtiff/tif_unix.c:368 invoked by tools/tiffcrop.c:2903 and tools/tiffcrop.c:6921 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 _TIFFmemcpy() in libtiff/tif_unix.c when called by functions in tools/tiffcrop.c
Feb 12, 2023