Libtiff: memory leak in tiffcrop.c

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-3576
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-10-04 19:15:10 UTC
Updated2026-06-23 18:17:32 UTC
DescriptionA memory leak flaw was found in Libtiff's tiffcrop utility. This issue occurs when tiffcrop operates on a TIFF image file, allowing an attacker to pass a crafted TIFF image file to tiffcrop utility, which causes this memory leak issue, resulting an application crash, eventually leading to a 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: 0.003410000 probability, percentile 0.259430000 (date 2026-06-28)

Problem Types: CWE-119 | CWE-401 | CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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]Secondary5.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.1CNACVSS5.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora - All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 9.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 unaffected 0:4.4.0-10.el9 * rpm Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Not specified Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Not specified Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Not specified Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Not specified Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Not specified Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Not specified Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Not specified Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
cve-details af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
2219340 – (CVE-2023-3576) CVE-2023-3576 libtiff: memory leak in tiffcrop.c af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00011.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Additional Advisory Data

SourceTimeEvent
CNA2023-03-09T00:00:00.000ZReported to Red Hat.
CNA2023-03-07T00:00:00.000ZMade public.

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 161060 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for libtiff (ELSA-2023-6575)
  • 199947 Ubuntu Security Notification for LibTIFF Vulnerabilities (USN-6512-1)
  • 242305 Red Hat Update for libtiff (RHSA-2023:6575)
  • 355678 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for libtiff : ALAS-2023-1788
  • 355684 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for compat-libtiff3 : ALAS2-2023-2157
  • 355690 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for libtiff : ALAS2-2023-2158
  • 355753 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for libtiff : ALAS2023-2023-265
  • 6000353 Debian Security Update for tiff (DSA 5567-1)
  • 6000519 Debian Security Update for tiff (DLA 3758-1)
  • 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)
  • 941373 AlmaLinux Security Update for libtiff (ALSA-2023:6575)
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