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CVE-2023-2731

UNKNOWN
Published 2023-05-17T00:00:00.000Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
5.5
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.000
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.0% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.008
Higher than 0.8% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH

Description

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in Libtiff's LZWDecode() function in the libtiff/tif_lzw.c file. This flaw allows a local attacker to craft specific input data that can cause the program to dereference a NULL pointer when decompressing a TIFF format file, resulting in a program crash or denial of service.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

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GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

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GHSA-g995-h8wx-7qw6

Advisory Details

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in Libtiff's LZWDecode() function in the libtiff/tif_lzw.c file. This flaw allows a local attacker to craft specific input data that can cause the program to dereference a NULL pointer when decompressing a TIFF format file, resulting in a program crash or denial of service.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

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

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2731
WEB https://github.com/libsdl-org/libtiff/commit/9be22b639ea69e102d3847dca4c53ef025e9527b
WEB https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2731
WEB https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2207635
WEB https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/548
WEB https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230703-0009

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 18, 2023, Modified: April 4, 2024

References

https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/548
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2207635
https://github.com/libsdl-org/libtiff/commit/9be22b639ea69e102d3847dca4c53ef025e9527b
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2731
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230703-0009/
Published: 2023-05-17T00:00:00.000Z
Last Modified: 2025-01-22T18:22:52.418Z
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