CVE-2023-3164

libtiff: heap-buffer-overflow in extractImageSection()

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · April 3, 2023

Updated · January 23, 2026

Description

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 score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write