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CVE-2023-2908 Detail

Description

A null pointer dereference issue was found in Libtiff's tif_dir.c file. This issue may allow an attacker to pass a crafted TIFF image file to the tiffcp utility which triggers a runtime error that causes undefined behavior. This will result in an application crash, eventually leading to a denial of service.


Severity

 


CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST CVSS score matches with CNA score
CNA:  Red Hat, Inc.
Base Score:  5.5 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H


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Hyperlink Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2908 Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2218830 Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/9bd48f0dbd64fb94dc2b5b05238fde0bfdd4ff3f Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/479 Exploit  Vendor Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00034.html Third Party Advisory 
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230731-0004/ Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference cwe source acceptance level NIST   Contributor acceptance level Red Hat, Inc.  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-2908
NVD Published Date:
06/30/2023
NVD Last Modified:
11/06/2023
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.