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CVE-2023-2908

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-2908 is a null pointer dereference vulnerability in Libtiff's tif_dir.c, affecting Libtiff products. An attacker can exploit this by providing a specially crafted TIFF image to the tiffcp utility, leading to an application crash and a denial of service. The vulnerability has a medium severity CVSS score of 5.5, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and resulting in high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE match
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
39.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0050 is in the 45th percentile among its peer group of 5,765 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 libtiff 4.5.1-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 4.5.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 libtiff 4.5.1-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 4.5.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 1.0 x64Fixed in: 4.5.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 1.0 ARMFixed in: 4.5.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 x64Fixed in: 4.5.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 ARMFixed in: 4.5.1-1

Vendor Advisories (3)

microsoft2023-Jul/CVE-2023-2908

CVE-2023-2908

Jul 11, 2023
redhatCVE-2023-2908Low

libtiff: null pointer dereference in tif_dir.c

Jun 30, 2023
microsoft2023-Jun/CVE-2023-2908Moderate

Libtiff: null pointer dereference in tif_dir.c

Jun 13, 2023

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00019.html
access.redhat.com / security/cve/CVE-2023-2908
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
gitlab.com / libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/9bd48f0dbd64fb94dc2b5b05238fde0bfdd4ff3f
PatchVendor Advisory
gitlab.com / libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/479
ExploitVendor Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00034.html
Third Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20230731-0004
Third Party Advisory