CVE-2023-3618

libtiff: segmentation fault in Fax3Encode in libtiff/tif_fax3.c

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · February 13, 2023

Updated · July 3, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in libtiff. A specially crafted tiff file can lead to a segmentation fault due to a buffer overflow in the Fax3Encode function in libtiff/tif_fax3.c, resulting in a denial of service.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-120 · Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')