PT-2023-8624
CVE-2023-6228
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Published
2023-09-07
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Updated
2026-09-02
Description by
CVSS 2.0
4.9
MediumMetricsAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
libtiff (affected versions not specified)
Description
The issue is related to a heap-based buffer overflow in the tiffcp utility distributed by the libtiff package. This occurs when a crafted TIFF file is processed, potentially leading to an application crash. The vulnerability is associated with the
cpStripToTile() function in the tools/tiffcp.c file of the LibTIFF library. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to cause a denial of service.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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