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Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2023-3164

CVE-2023-3164

MEDIUM5.5

Heap-buffer-overflow in extractimagesection()

Published Nov 2, 2023

Modified 1 years ago

Details

A heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability was found in LibTIFF, in extractImageSection() at tools/tiffcrop.c:7916 and tools/tiffcrop.c:7801. This flaw allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted tiff file.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3164

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2213531

https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/542

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3164

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Exploitability

Attack Vector

LocalAV:L

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

RequiredUI:R

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

HighA:H

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

Weakness Type (CWE)

Memory Safety

Classic Buffer Overflow

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedNov 2, 2023

ModifiedOct 11, 2024

CVE-2023-3164 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence