Description
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in Libtiff's LZWDecode() function in the libtiff/tif_lzw.c file. This flaw allows a local attacker to craft specific input data that can cause the program to dereference a NULL pointer when decompressing a TIFF format file, resulting in a program crash or denial of service.
Published: 2023-05-17
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-34192 A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in Libtiff's LZWDecode() function in the libtiff/tif_lzw.c file. This flaw allows a local attacker to craft specific input data that can cause the program to dereference a NULL pointer when decompressing a TIFF format file, resulting in a program crash or denial of service.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6290-1 LibTIFF vulnerabilities
History

Wed, 22 Jan 2025 19:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Fedoraproject Fedora
Libtiff Libtiff
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2025-01-22T18:22:52.418Z

Reserved: 2023-05-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-2731

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:33:05.442Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-17T22:15:11.047

Modified: 2025-01-22T19:15:09.643

Link: CVE-2023-2731

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-04-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-2731 - Bugzilla

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