PT-2023-8624 · Libtiff+9 · Libtiff+9

Guilherme De Almeida Suckevicz · CVE-2023-6228 · Published 2023-09-07 · Updated 2026-07-06

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/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 a heap-based buffer overflow in the tiffcp utility distributed by the libtiff package. This occurs when a crafted TIFF file is processed, potentially leading to an application crash. The vulnerability is associated with the cpStripToTile() function in the tools/tiffcp.c file of the LibTIFF library. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an 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.

DoS

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2024:2289

ALSA-2024:5079

ALT-PU-2025-7532

ALT-PU-2025-8255

AZL-32176

AZL-34956

BDU:2024-01277

CESA-2024_5079

CVE-2023-6228

ECHO-B538-3DDD-BCDA

INFSA-2024_2289

INFSA-2024_5079

MGASA-2024-0164

OESA-2023-1857

RHSA-2024:2289

RHSA-2024:5079

RHSA-2024_2289

RHSA-2024_5079

RLSA-2024:5079

USN-6644-1

USN-6644-2

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Almalinux

Centos

Debian

Linuxmint

Red Hat

Red Os

Rocky Linux

Ubuntu

Libtiff

References · 68

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2023-6228 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-01277 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-6644-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-6228 · Vendor Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6228 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2240995 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-32176 · Vendor Advisory
• https://safe-surf.ru/specialists/bulletins-nkcki/705231 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0164.html · Security Note
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:5079 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6228 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-34956 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-6277 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6228 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BELL-CVE-2023-6228 · Vendor Advisory