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CVE-2023-3164
Detail
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.
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OR
*cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 4.6.0
Reanalysis by NIST1/30/2024 3:26:45 PM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
Changed
CPE Configuration
OR
*cpe:2.3:a:fossies:gawk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 5.1.1
OR
*cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Changed
CPE Configuration
OR
*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
OR
*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Modified Analysis by NIST12/20/2023 2:13:34 PM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
Added
CVSS V3.1
NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Removed
CVSS V3.1
NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Added
CWE
NIST CWE-787
Removed
CWE
NIST CWE-125
Changed
Reference Type
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3164 No Types Assigned
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3164 Third Party Advisory
Changed
Reference Type
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2213531 No Types Assigned
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2213531 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Changed
Reference Type
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/542 No Types Assigned
CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc.12/08/2023 7:15:44 AM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
Added
CVSS V3.1
Red Hat, Inc. AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Removed
CVSS V3.1
Red Hat, Inc. AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Added
CWE
Red Hat, Inc. CWE-120
Removed
CWE
Red Hat, Inc. CWE-125
Changed
Description
A heap out-of-bounds read flaw was found in builtin.c in the gawk package. This issue may lead to a crash and could be used to read sensitive information.
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.
Added
Reference
Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3164 [No types assigned]
Added
Reference
Red Hat, Inc. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2213531 [No types assigned]
Added
Reference
Red Hat, Inc. https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/542 [No types assigned]
Removed
Reference
Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4156
Removed
Reference
Red Hat, Inc. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2215930
Initial Analysis by NIST11/09/2023 2:28:46 PM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
Added
CPE Configuration
OR
*cpe:2.3:a:fossies:gawk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 5.1.1
Added
CPE Configuration
OR
*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Added
CVSS V3.1
NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Added
CWE
NIST CWE-125
Changed
Reference Type
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4156 No Types Assigned
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4156 Third Party Advisory
Changed
Reference Type
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2215930 No Types Assigned