Imagemagick: heap-buffer-overflow in coders/tiff.c

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-3428
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-10-04 19:15:10 UTC
Updated2026-11-07 12:17:31 UTC
DescriptionA heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in coders/tiff.c in ImageMagick. This issue may allow a local attacker to trick the user into opening a specially crafted file, resulting in an application crash and denial of service.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 0.003140000 probability, percentile 0.244480000 (date 2026-11-08)

Problem Types: CWE-122 | CWE-787 | CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary5.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.1[email protected]Secondary6.2MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.1CNACVSS6.2MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Fedoraproject Extra Packages For Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora - All All All
Application Imagemagick Imagemagick All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Not specified Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Not specified Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
cve-details af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
2218369 – (CVE-2023-3428) CVE-2023-3428 ImageMagick: heap-buffer-overflow in coders/tiff.c af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Red Hat would like to thank Hardik shah of Vehere (Dawn Treaders team) for reporting this issue. (en)

Additional Advisory Data

SourceTimeEvent
CNA2023-06-27T00:00:00.000ZReported to Red Hat.
CNA2023-06-27T00:00:00.000ZMade public.

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 199524 Ubuntu Security Notification for ImageMagick Vulnerabilities (USN-6200-1)
  • 296105 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 63.157.1 Missing (CPUOCT2023)
  • 355569 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for ImageMagick : ALAS-2023-1781
  • 355595 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for ImageMagick : ALAS2-2023-2123
  • 355646 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for ImageMagick : ALAS2023-2023-249
  • 6000487 Debian Security Update for imagemagick (DSA 5628-1)

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