CVE-2023-6228
libtiff: heap-based buffer overflow in cpStripToTile() in tools/tiffcp.c
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
Review impact separately from score.
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 · 3.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write