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CVE-2023-2908

UNKNOWN
Published 2023-06-30T00:00:00
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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: 0.015
Higher than 1.5% 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 issue was found in Libtiff's tif_dir.c file. This issue may allow an attacker to pass a crafted TIFF image file to the tiffcp utility which triggers a runtime error that causes undefined behavior. This will result in an application crash, eventually leading to a denial of service.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Fedora

Fedora

Fedora

Fedora

Fedora

Fedora

Fedora

Fedora

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed MODERATE

GHSA-7278-8hvx-pp94

Advisory Details

A null pointer dereference issue was discovered in Libtiff's tif_dir.c file. This flaw allows an attacker to pass a crafted TIFF image file to the tiffcp utility, which triggers runtime error, causing an undefined behavior, resulting in an application crash, eventually leading to a 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-2023-2908
WEB https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2908
WEB https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2218830
WEB https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/9bd48f0dbd64fb94dc2b5b05238fde0bfdd4ff3f
WEB https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/479
WEB https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00034.html
WEB https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230731-0004

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: July 1, 2023, Modified: April 4, 2024

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2908
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2218830
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/9bd48f0dbd64fb94dc2b5b05238fde0bfdd4ff3f
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/479
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00034.html
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230731-0004/
Published: 2023-06-30T00:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-10-28T13:04:20.389Z
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