PT-2023-5737 · Libtiff+6 · Libtiff+6

Dhananjay Arunesh · Published 2023-07-17 · Updated 2025-06-26 · CVE-2023-40745

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions LibTIFF (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to an integer overflow in the LibTIFF library, which can be triggered by a crafted tiff image. This flaw allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability is associated with the readSeparateTilesIntoBuffer() function and can lead to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Integer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-190

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2024:2289

ALT-PU-2025-7185

ALT-PU-2025-7532

ALT-PU-2025-8255

AZL-31096

BDU:2023-06407

CVE-2023-40745

DLA-3513-1

DSA-5567-1

INFSA-2024_2289

MGASA-2024-0077

RHSA-2024:2289

RHSA-2024_2289

SUSE-SU-2024:0915-1

SUSE-SU-2024:0973-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Almalinux

Astra Linux

Libtiff

Red Hat

Red Os

Suse

References · 60

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-40745 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-2289.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-31096 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-06407 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-3513-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40745 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DLA-3513-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://repo.red-soft.ru/redos/7.3c/x86_64/updates · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-40745 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-40745 · Vendor Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2289 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2024-0077 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-40745 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2024-2289.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2024:0915-1 · Vendor Advisory