CVE-2023-2731

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-2731
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-05-17 22:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-07-03 16:15:00 UTC
DescriptionA NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in Libtiff's LZWDecode() function in the libtiff/tif_lzw.c file. This flaw allows a local attacker to craft specific input data that can cause the program to dereference a NULL pointer when decompressing a TIFF format file, resulting in a program crash or denial of service.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 38 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 9.0 All All All

References

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403 Forbidden CONFIRM security.netapp.com
Null Pointer Dereference in tif_lzw.c. (#548) · Issues · libtiff / libtiff · GitLab MISC gitlab.com
2207635 – (CVE-2023-2731) CVE-2023-2731 libtiff: null pointer deference in LZWDecode() in libtiff/tif_lzw.c MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
cve-details MISC access.redhat.com
LZWDecode(): avoid crash when trying to read again from a strip whith… · libsdl-org/libtiff@9be22b6 · GitHub MISC github.com
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Legacy QID Mappings

  • 161060 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for libtiff (ELSA-2023-6575)
  • 183405 Debian Security Update for tiff (CVE-2023-2731)
  • 199657 Ubuntu Security Notification for LibTIFF Vulnerabilities (USN-6290-1)
  • 242305 Red Hat Update for libtiff (RHSA-2023:6575)
  • 673353 EulerOS Security Update for libtiff (EulerOS-SA-2023-2694)
  • 673818 EulerOS Security Update for libtiff (EulerOS-SA-2023-2652)
  • 755439 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for tiff (SUSE-SU-2023:4736-1)
  • 755472 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for tiff (SUSE-SU-2023:4869-1)
  • 906937 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for libtiff (26756-1)
  • 906964 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for libtiff (26749-1)
  • 941373 AlmaLinux Security Update for libtiff (ALSA-2023:6575)
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