CVE-2023-2908

Publication date 30 June 2023

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
tiff 23.04 lunar
Fixed 4.5.0-5ubuntu1.1
22.10 kinetic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 4.3.0-6ubuntu0.5
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.9
18.04 LTS bionic
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
tiff

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H