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CVE-2023-6228

libtiff: heap-based buffer overflow in cpStripToTile() in tools/tiffcp.c

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.3

CVSS 3.1

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Published · September 7, 2023

Updated · July 3, 2026

Description

An issue was found in the tiffcp utility distributed by the libtiff package where a crafted TIFF file on processing may cause a heap-based buffer overflow leads to an application crash.

Statement

Red Hat has determined that this vulnerability has a low severity due to the fact that a potential crash in an application using the vulnerable tiffcp utility will most likely lead to temporary disruptions in availability; there are no indications that this vulnerability will lead to long-term or persistent downtime resulting from a crash.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 3.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write