CVE-2023-3576
Published: 4 October 2023
A memory leak flaw was found in Libtiff's tiffcrop utility. This issue occurs when tiffcrop operates on a TIFF image file, allowing an attacker to pass a crafted TIFF image file to tiffcrop utility, which causes this memory leak issue, resulting an application crash, eventually leading to a denial of service.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
Priority reason: Only a memory leak in the tiffcrop command-line tool |
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| mdeslaur | memory leak in tiffcrop command line tool |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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tiff Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Released
(4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm4)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only) |
| focal |
Released
(4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.11)
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| jammy |
Released
(4.3.0-6ubuntu0.7)
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| kinetic |
Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
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| lunar |
Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
|
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| mantic |
Not vulnerable
(4.5.1+git230720-1ubuntu1)
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| trusty |
Released
(4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm11)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only) |
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| upstream |
Needs triage
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| xenial |
Released
(4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm14)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only) |
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Patches: other: https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/475 upstream: https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/1d5b1181c980090a6518f11e61a18b0e268bf31a |
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Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 5.5 |
| 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 |