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CVE-2023-3316 (GCVE-0-2023-3316)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-06-19 11:10 – Updated: 2025-11-03 20:35

Title

A NULL pointer dereference in TIFFClose() is caused by a failure to open an output file (non-existent path or a path that requires permissions like /dev/null) while specifying zones.

Summary

A NULL pointer dereference in TIFFClose() is caused by a failure to open an output file (non-existent path or a path that requires permissions like /dev/null) while specifying zones.

Severity

5.9 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/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 2024-12-09 21:09 UTC

CWE

CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Assigner

JFROG mitre root

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://research.jfrog.com/vulnerabilities/libtif…
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/515
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/468
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023…
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
libtiff	libtiff	Affected: 3.9.0 , < 4.5.1 (git)	guessed

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              "url": "https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/515"
            },
            {
              "url": "https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/468"
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SUSE-SU-2023:4371-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2023-11-06 08:52 - Updated: 2026-09-20 15:29

Summary

Security update for tiff

Severity

Moderate

Scope

9 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2023-3316.

CVE-2023-3316

5.5 (Medium)


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

Recommended: 22 products

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UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3316 (CVE-2023-3316)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2023-06-19 12:15 – Updated: 2026-04-22 07:45 – Source website

Details

A NULL pointer dereference in TIFFClose() is caused by a failure to open an output file (non-existent path or a path that requires permissions like /dev/null) while specifying zones.

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


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

5.9 (Medium)


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

N/A (UNKNOWN)

low

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-3316	REPORT
	https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/468	REPORT
	https://research.jfrog.com/vulnerabilities/libtif…	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6229-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6290-1	ADVISORY
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3316	REPORT

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WID-SEC-W-2023-1514

Vulnerability from csaf_certbund - Published: 2023-06-19 22:00 - Updated: 2025-06-30 22:00

Summary

libTIFF: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of Service

Severity

Mittel

Scope

2 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2023-3316.

CVE-2023-3316

Known affected: 8 products

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Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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CVE-2023-3316 (GCVE-0-2023-3316)

SUSE-SU-2023:4371-1

UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3316 (CVE-2023-3316)

WID-SEC-W-2023-1514

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