Out-of-bounds Write Affecting compat-libtiff3 package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (21st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-COMPATLIBTIFF3-5673713
  • published9 Jun 2023
  • disclosed3 Apr 2023

Introduced: 3 Apr 2023

CVE-2023-3164  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 compat-libtiff3.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream compat-libtiff3 package and not the compat-libtiff3 package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability was found in LibTIFF, in extractImageSection() at tools/tiffcrop.c:7916 and tools/tiffcrop.c:7801. This flaw allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted tiff file.

CVSS Scores

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