CVE-2023-26965 (GCVE-0-2023-26965)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-06-14 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-03 20:35
VLAI
Summary
loadImage() in tools/tiffcrop.c in LibTIFF through 4.5.0 has a heap-based use after free via a crafted TIFF image.
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 (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write
Assigner
References
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