CVE-2023-2908 (GCVE-0-2023-2908)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-06-30 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-03 20:35
VLAI
Title
Libtiff: null pointer dereference in tif_dir.c
Summary
A null pointer dereference issue was found in Libtiff's tif_dir.c file. This issue may allow an attacker to pass a crafted TIFF image file to the tiffcp utility which triggers a runtime error that causes undefined behavior. This will result in an application crash, eventually leading to a denial of service.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-28 13:04 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Date Public
2023-06-30 00:00
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