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

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:10libtiff4.6.0-8.el10_2.4ALSA-2026:41892
AlmaLinux:10libtiff-devel4.6.0-8.el10_2.4ALSA-2026:41892
AlmaLinux:10libtiff-tools4.6.0-8.el10_2.4ALSA-2026:41892
Debian:12tiffno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2023-52355
Debian:13tiff4.5.1+git230720-4DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52355
Debian:14tiff4.5.1+git230720-4DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52355
Rocky Linux:10libtiff0:4.6.0-8.el10_2.4RLSA-2026:41892
Rocky Linux:9libtiff0:4.4.0-15.el9_7.2.0.1RLSA-2025:20801
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSneuronno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52355
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSqtwebengine-opensource-srcno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52355
Ubuntu:22.04:LTStexmakerno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52355
Ubuntu:22.04:LTStiffno fix listedUBUNTU-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