ubuntu-cve-2023-1916
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2023-04-10 22:15
Modified
2026-04-22 07:44
Summary
Details
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)
N/A (UNKNOWN)
References
| URL | Type | |
|---|---|---|
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"availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
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"4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm2",
"4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm3",
"4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm4",
"4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm6",
"4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm7",
"4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm8",
"4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm9",
"4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm10",
"4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm11",
"4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm12"
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"4.0.9-3",
"4.0.9-4",
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"4.0.9-5ubuntu0.3",
"4.0.9-5ubuntu0.4",
"4.0.9-5ubuntu0.5",
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],
"aliases": [],
"details": "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.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1916",
"modified": "2026-04-22T07:44:58Z",
"published": "2023-04-10T22:15:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-1916"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6428-1"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1916"
}
],
"related": [
"USN-6428-1"
],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "low",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
],
"upstream": [
"CVE-2023-1916"
]
}
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