Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 30, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-2908
CVE-2023-2908
Description
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.
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Affected products
18- osv-coords15 versionspkg: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%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%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5
< 4.0.9-150000.45.32.1+ 14 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-150000.45.32.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-150000.45.32.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.71.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.71.1
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Patches
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References
7- gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/9bd48f0dbd64fb94dc2b5b05238fde0bfdd4ff3fnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/479nvdExploitVendor Advisory
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2908nvdThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00034.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230731-0004/nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00019.htmlnvd
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