CVE-2023-1916 (GCVE-0-2023-1916)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-04-10 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-02 06:05
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Summary
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.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
CWE
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a libtiff Affected: libtiff versions 4.x and newer are affected
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