Vulnerability · Published Jan 25, 2024 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2023-52355Libtiff: tiffrasterscanlinesize64 produce too-big size and could cause oom
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity out-of-bounds write in libtiff. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.8% (higher than 79% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.8%top 21.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An out-of-memory flaw was found in libtiff that could be triggered by passing a crafted tiff file to the TIFFRasterScanlineSize64() API. This flaw allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted input with a size smaller than 379 KB.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:10 | libtiff | 4.6.0-8.el10_2.4 | ALSA-2026:41892 |
| AlmaLinux:10 | libtiff-devel | 4.6.0-8.el10_2.4 | ALSA-2026:41892 |
| AlmaLinux:10 | libtiff-tools | 4.6.0-8.el10_2.4 | ALSA-2026:41892 |
| Debian:12 | tiff | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52355 |
| Debian:13 | tiff | 4.5.1+git230720-4 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52355 |
| Debian:14 | tiff | 4.5.1+git230720-4 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52355 |
| Rocky Linux:10 | libtiff | 0:4.6.0-8.el10_2.4 | RLSA-2026:41892 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | libtiff | 0:4.4.0-15.el9_7.2.0.1 | RLSA-2025:20801 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | neuron | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52355 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | qtwebengine-opensource-src | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52355 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | texmaker | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52355 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | tiff | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52355 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-787 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
- RHSA-2025:20801 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2025:21994 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2025:23078 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2025:23079 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2025:23080 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:3461 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:3462 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:41892 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:43537 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:49671 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:73909 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:73959 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:73960 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:73961 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:73962 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:74458 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:74459 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:74460 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:74461 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:74462 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:74463 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:74674 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-52355 vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2251326 issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/621