Vulnerability · Published Apr 10, 2023 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2023-1916
Medium 6.1
In plain English
A medium-severity out-of-bounds read in libtiff. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 31% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 69.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A flaw was found in tiffcrop, a program distributed by the libtiff package. A specially crafted tiff file can lead to an out-of-bounds read in the extractImageSection function in tools/tiffcrop.c, resulting in a denial of service and limited information disclosure. This issue affects libtiff versions 4.x.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | tiff | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-1916 |
| Debian:13 | tiff | 4.7.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-1916 |
| Debian:14 | tiff | 4.7.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-1916 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | tiff | 4.3.0-6ubuntu0.6 | USN-6428-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | tiff | 4.3.0-6ubuntu0.6 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1916 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | tiff | 4.5.1+git230720-4ubuntu1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1916 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-125