CVE-2023-2908

Summary

CVECVE-2023-2908
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-06-30 22:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 04:13:00 UTC
DescriptionA null pointer dereference issue was found in Libtiff's tif_dir.c file. This issue may allow an attacker to pass a crafted TIFF image file to the tiffcp utility which triggers a runtime error that causes undefined behavior. This will result in an application crash, eventually leading to a denial of service.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libtiff Libtiff All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2023-2908 LibTIFF Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security MISC security.netapp.com
2218830 – (CVE-2023-2908) CVE-2023-2908 libtiff: null pointer dereference in tif_dir.c MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
cve-details MISC access.redhat.com
fix runtime error: applying zero offset to null pointer (!479) · Merge requests · libtiff / libtiff · GitLab MISC gitlab.com
Merge branch 'mymaster1' into 'master' (9bd48f0d) · Commits · libtiff / libtiff · GitLab MISC gitlab.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 3513-1] tiff security update MISC lists.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 199657 Ubuntu Security Notification for LibTIFF Vulnerabilities (USN-6290-1)
  • 6000095 Debian Security Update for tiff (DLA 3513-1)
  • 673434 EulerOS Security Update for libtiff (EulerOS-SA-2023-2861)
  • 673527 EulerOS Security Update for libtiff (EulerOS-SA-2023-2881)
  • 673689 EulerOS Security Update for libtiff (EulerOS-SA-2023-2789)
  • 673722 EulerOS Security Update for libtiff (EulerOS-SA-2023-2900)
  • 673805 EulerOS Security Update for libtiff (EulerOS-SA-2023-3135)
  • 673907 EulerOS Security Update for libtiff (EulerOS-SA-2023-2813)
  • 673960 EulerOS Security Update for libtiff (EulerOS-SA-2023-2844)
  • 755233 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for tiff (SUSE-SU-2023:4371-1)
  • 755234 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for tiff (SUSE-SU-2023:4370-1)
  • 907047 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for libtiff (27288-1)
  • 907094 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for libtiff (27302-1)
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