CVE-2023-0801 describes an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in LibTIFF 4.4.0, specifically within the tiffcrop utility, affecting the libtiff library. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) can be triggered by an unauthenticated attacker via a crafted TIFF file, leading to a denial-of-service condition. While a fix is available for those compiling from source, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| 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:N/I:L/A:H
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LibTIFF 4.4.0 has an out-of-bounds write in tiffcrop in libtiff/tif_unix.c:368 invoked by tools/tiffcrop.c:2903 and tools/tiffcrop.c:6778 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 33aee127.
Feb 14, 2023libtiff: out-of-bounds write in _TIFFmemcpy() in libtiff/tif_unix.c when called by functions in tools/tiffcrop.c
Feb 12, 2023