PT-2023-5351 · Libtiff+8 · Libtiff+8

[e-mail] · Published 2023-02-13 · Updated 2025-06-26 · CVE-2023-0798

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions LibTIFF version 4.4.0

Description The issue is related to an out-of-bounds read in the tiffcrop function in tools/tiffcrop.c at line 3400, which can be exploited by attackers to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted tiff file. The extractContigSamplesShifted8bits() function is also associated with this buffer read issue, potentially leading to a denial-of-service.

Recommendations For LibTIFF version 4.4.0, users who compile libtiff from sources can apply the fix available with commit afaabc3e.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2023:3711

ALT-PU-2025-7185

ALT-PU-2025-7532

ALT-PU-2025-8255

AZL-13387

BDU:2023-05979

CVE-2023-0798

DLA-3333-1

DSA-5361-1

MGASA-2023-0080

OESA-2023-1128

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12730-1

RHSA-2023:3711

RHSA-2023_3711

RLSA-2023:3711

ROSA-SA-2025-2627

SUSE-SU-2023:2321-1

SUSE-SU-2023:2334-1

USN-5923-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Almalinux

Astra Linux

Libtiff

Linuxmint

Red Hat

Rocky Linux

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 117

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/0xxx/CVE-2023-0798.json · Exploit
• 🔥 https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/492 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:12730-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/lts/security/2023/dla-3333 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2023:3711 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0802 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0796 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALSA-2023:3711 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2023-0798 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-0798 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-0802 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-5361-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se16-bulletin-20231214SE16 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0798 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-3333-1 · Vendor Advisory