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UBUNTU-CVE-2023-6277 (CVE-2023-6277)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2023-11-24 19:15 – Updated: 2026-04-22 07:45 – Source website

Details

An out-of-memory flaw was found in libtiff. Passing a crafted tiff file to TIFFOpen() API may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a craft input with size smaller than 379 KB.

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

6.5 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)

low

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-6277	REPORT
	https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/545	REPORT
	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6277	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6644-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6644-2	ADVISORY
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6277	REPORT

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CVE-2023-6277 (GCVE-0-2023-6277)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-24 18:20 – Updated: 2026-01-22 15:42

Title

Libtiff: out-of-memory in tiffopen via a craft file

Summary

An out-of-memory flaw was found in libtiff. Passing a crafted tiff file to TIFFOpen() API may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a craft input with size smaller than 379 KB.

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-10-17 17:20 UTC

CWE

CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Assigner

redhat redhat root

References

23 references

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Impacted products

4 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9

Date Public

2023-11-02 00:00

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USN-6644-1 (UBUNTU-CVE-2023-6228)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2024-02-19 20:07 – Updated: 2026-06-29 10:53 – Source website

Summary

tiff vulnerabilities

Details

It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the application to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2023-52356)

It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain image files with the tiffcp utility. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted image file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause tiffcp to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2023-6228)

It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the application to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2023-6277)

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6644-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-6228	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-6277	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-52356	REPORT

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  "modified": "2026-06-29T10:53:07Z",
  "published": "2024-02-19T20:07:28Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6644-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-6228"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-6277"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-52356"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "tiff vulnerabilities",
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    "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-6228",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-6277",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52356"
  ]
}

USN-6644-2 (UBUNTU-CVE-2023-6228)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2024-02-27 18:31 – Updated: 2026-04-27 14:11 – Source website

Summary

tiff vulnerabilities

Details

USN-6644-1 fixed vulnerabilities in LibTIFF. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the application to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2023-6277)

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6644-2	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-6228	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-6277	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-52356	REPORT

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  "modified": "2026-04-27T14:11:32Z",
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}

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UBUNTU-CVE-2023-6277 (CVE-2023-6277)

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