Vulnerability · Published Nov 2, 2023 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2023-3164Heap-buffer-overflow in extractimagesection()
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity buffer overflow in Fedora from Fedora. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 25% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 75.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability was found in LibTIFF, in extractImageSection() at tools/tiffcrop.c:7916 and tools/tiffcrop.c:7801. This flaw allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted tiff file.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | tiff | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-3164 |
| Debian:13 | tiff | 4.7.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-3164 |
| Debian:14 | tiff | 4.7.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-3164 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | tiff | 4.3.0-6ubuntu0.9 | USN-6827-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | tiff | 4.3.0-6ubuntu0.9 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3164 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | tiff | 4.5.1+git230720-4ubuntu2.1 | USN-6827-1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | tiff | 4.5.1+git230720-4ubuntu2.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3164 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | libtiff | see references |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | see references |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | see references |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | see references |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | see references |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | see references |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | see references |
| Fedora | Fedora | see references |
| Fedora | Fedora | see references |
Weakness: CWE-120 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3164 vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2213531 issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/542