Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion') Affecting libtiff package, versions [,4.7.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.4% (32nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-LIBTIFF-10077495
  • published8 May 2025
  • disclosed18 Dec 2023
  • creditShin-Yan

Introduced: 18 Dec 2023

CVE-2023-6228  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade libtiff to version 4.7.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion') when processing a crafted TIFF file, which may result in a heap-based buffer overflow and lead to an application crash. An attacker can cause a denial of service by submitting a maliciously crafted TIFF file to the affected utility.

CVSS Base Scores

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