CVE-2023-1916 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A flaw was found in tiffcrop, a program distributed by the libtiff package. A specially crafted tiff file can lead to an out-of-bounds read in the extractImageSection function in tools/tiffcrop.c, resulting in a denial of service and limited information disclosure. This issue affects libtiff versions 4.x.

Published: 2023-04-10

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

Analysis and contextual insights are available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

libtiff

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`libtiff versions 4.x and newer are affected`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

Additional remediation guidance may be available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Ubuntu USN	USN-6428-1	LibTIFF vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00021.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/536
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/536%2C
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/537
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1916
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213844
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1916

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Libtiff Libtiff

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2023-04-10T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:05:26.709Z

Reserved: 2023-04-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-1916

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-04-10T22:15:09.223

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:40:08.090

Link: CVE-2023-1916

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2023-03-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-1916 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-125

{"configurations": [{"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "0971DCAA-6393-477C-A3EF-D5A6BEF0E67F", "versionEndIncluding": "4.5.0", "versionStartIncluding": "4.0", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}]}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "A flaw was found in tiffcrop, a program distributed by the libtiff package. A specially crafted tiff file can lead to an out-of-bounds read in the extractImageSection function in tools/tiffcrop.c, resulting in a denial of service and limited information disclosure. This issue affects libtiff versions 4.x."}], "id": "CVE-2023-1916", "lastModified": "2024-11-21T07:40:08.090", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 6.1, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "LOW", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "REQUIRED", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 1.8, "impactScore": 4.2, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}, "published": "2023-04-10T22:15:09.223", "references": [{"source": "secalert@redhat.com", "url": "https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/536%2C"}, {"source": "secalert@redhat.com", "tags": ["Exploit", "Issue Tracking"], "url": "https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/537"}, {"source": "secalert@redhat.com", "url": "https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213844"}, {"source": "nvd@nist.gov", "tags": ["Exploit", "Issue Tracking"], "url": "https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/536"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/536%2C"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Exploit", "Issue Tracking"], "url": "https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/537"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213844"}], "sourceIdentifier": "secalert@redhat.com", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-125"}], "source": "secalert@redhat.com", "type": "Secondary"}, {"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-125"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}

{"bugzilla": {"description": "libtiff: out-of-bounds read in extractImageSection() in tools/tiffcrop.c", "id": "2185074", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2185074"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "6.1", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H", "status": "draft"}, "cwe": "CWE-125", "details": ["A flaw was found in tiffcrop, a program distributed by the libtiff package. A specially crafted tiff file can lead to an out-of-bounds read in the extractImageSection function in tools/tiffcrop.c, resulting in a denial of service and limited information disclosure. This issue affects libtiff versions 4.x.", "A flaw was found in tiffcrop, a program distributed by the libtiff package. A specially crafted tiff file can lead to an out-of-bounds read in the extractImageSection function in tools/tiffcrop.c, resulting in a denial of service and limited information disclosure."], "name": "CVE-2023-1916", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Out of support scope", "package_name": "libtiff", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Out of support scope", "package_name": "compat-libtiff3", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Out of support scope", "package_name": "libtiff", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "compat-libtiff3", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "libtiff", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "libtiff", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}], "public_date": "2023-03-18T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1916\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1916"], "statement": "This flaw has been rated with a low severity because it affects only the tiffcrop utility rather than the libtiff library itself. Additionally, a user would need to run the tiffcrop utility with a malicious file supplied by the attacker, most likely resulting in denial of service.", "threat_severity": "Low"}