CVE-2023-6277
Libtiff: out-of-memory in tiffopen via a craft file
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.5 Medium
- Published
- Nov 24, 2023
- Updated
- Jan 22, 2026
- Reserved
- Nov 24, 2023
Description
An out-of-memory flaw was found in libtiff. Passing a crafted tiff file to TIFFOpen() API may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a craft input with size smaller than 379 KB.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.5 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | redhat |
Weaknesses
- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6277vdb-entry
- RHBZ#2251311issue-tracking
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/614
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/545
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WJIN6DTSL3VODZUGWEUXLEL5DR53EZMV/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Y7ZGN2MZXJ6E57W3L4YBM3ZPAU3T7T5C/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240119-0002/
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214119
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214123
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214122
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214117
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214118
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214116
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214120
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214124
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/16
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/23
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/21
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/20
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/17
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/22
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/18
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/19
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