PT-2023-6790 · Libtiff+7 · Libtiff+7

Yair Mizrahi · Published 2023-01-24 · Updated 2025-06-26 · CVE-2023-3316

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 A NULL pointer dereference in TIFFClose() is caused by a failure to open an output file, such as a non-existent path or a path that requires permissions like /dev/null, while specifying zones. This issue may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

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

Exploit

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2023:6575

ALT-PU-2025-7185

ALT-PU-2025-7532

ALT-PU-2025-8255

AZL-27205

AZL-43885

AZL-44130

BDU:2023-07651

CVE-2023-3316

DLA-3513-1

DLA-4026-1

MGASA-2023-0255

OESA-2023-1385

OPENSUSE-SU-2023_4370-1

RHSA-2023:6575

RHSA-2023_6575

ROSA-SA-2025-2627

SUSE-SU-2023:4370-1

SUSE-SU-2023:4371-1

USN-6229-1

USN-6290-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Almalinux

Astra Linux

Libtiff

Linuxmint

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 86

• 🔥 https://research.jfrog.com/vulnerabilities/libtiff-nullderef-dos-xray-522144 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/515 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-43885 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-6290-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3316 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-3316 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2023-6575.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/468 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-3513-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-25433 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-3618 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-4026-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3316 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3316 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-3316 · Vendor Advisory