Use After Free Affecting libtiff-tools package, versions <0:4.4.0-10.el9


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-LIBTIFFTOOLS-5743040
  • published28 Jun 2023
  • disclosed14 Jun 2023

Introduced: 14 Jun 2023

CVE-2023-26965  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 libtiff-tools to version 0:4.4.0-10.el9 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:6575.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libtiff-tools package and not the libtiff-tools package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

loadImage() in tools/tiffcrop.c in LibTIFF through 4.5.0 has a heap-based use after free via a crafted TIFF image.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1