Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published May 17, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-2731
CVE-2023-2731
Description
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in Libtiff's LZWDecode() function in the libtiff/tif_lzw.c file. This flaw allows a local attacker to craft specific input data that can cause the program to dereference a NULL pointer when decompressing a TIFF format file, resulting in a program crash or denial of service.
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Affected products
34- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- osv-coords29 versionspkg:rpm/almalinux/libtiffpkg:rpm/almalinux/libtiff-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/libtiff-toolspkg:rpm/opensuse/tiff&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/tiff&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/tiff&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%20Micro%205.3pkg:rpm/opensuse/tiff&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%20Micro%205.4pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207.1pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.2pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.3pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.4pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.5pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5
< 4.4.0-10.el9+ 28 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.0-10.el9
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.0-10.el9
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.0-10.el9
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-150000.45.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-150000.45.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-150000.45.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-150000.45.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-150000.45.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-150000.45.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-150000.45.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-150000.45.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-150000.45.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-150000.45.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-150000.45.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-150000.45.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-150000.45.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-150000.45.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-150000.45.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-150000.45.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-150000.45.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.74.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-150000.45.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-150000.45.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-150000.45.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.74.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-150000.45.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-150000.45.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-150000.45.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.74.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/libsdl-org/libtiff/commit/9be22b639ea69e102d3847dca4c53ef025e9527bnvdPatch
- gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/548nvdExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2731nvdThird Party Advisory
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230703-0009/nvd
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