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title: "CVE-2023-3576\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2023-3576

Publication date 4 October 2023

Last updated 26 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Negligible**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-3576?format=md#priority-reason )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**5.5 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-3576?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

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.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-3576?format=md#notes)

### Why is this CVE negligible priority?

Only a memory leak in the tiffcrop command-line tool

[Learn more about Ubuntu priority](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| tiff | 23.10 mantic | Not affected |
| 23.04 lunar | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 22.10 kinetic | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Fixed 4.3.0-6ubuntu0.7 |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Fixed 4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.11 |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm4  Ubuntu Pro |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm14  Ubuntu Pro |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm11  Ubuntu Pro |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-3576?format=md#patch-details)

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## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

memory leak in tiffcrop command line tool

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| tiff | * Other:   <https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/475> * Upstream:   [1d5b118](https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/1d5b1181c980090a6518f11e61a18b0e268bf31a) |

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

5.5 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Local |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | Required |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | None |
  | Integrity impact | None |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 5.5 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-3576)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3576)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2023-3576)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-3576)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-6512-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-6512-1)
+ LibTIFF vulnerabilities
+ 23 November 2023

### Other references

* <https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3576>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3576>