Unrated severityOSV Advisory· Published Oct 5, 2023· Updated Jan 22, 2026
Libtiff: integer overflow in tiffcp.c
CVE-2023-40745
Description
LibTIFF is vulnerable to an integer overflow. This flaw allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute an arbitrary code via a crafted tiff image, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
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Affected products
17- osv-coords15 versionspkg:rpm/almalinux/libtiffpkg:rpm/almalinux/libtiff-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/libtiff-toolspkg: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%20SP5pkg: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
< 4.4.0-12.el9+ 14 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.0-12.el9
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.0-12.el9
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.0-12.el9
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-150000.45.41.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-150000.45.41.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-150000.45.41.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-150000.45.41.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-150000.45.41.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-150000.45.41.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-150000.45.41.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-150000.45.41.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-150000.45.41.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.80.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.80.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.80.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
No source-code context for this CVE — mechanics is only generated when we can read the actual fix diff. Without that, the four sections (root cause, attack vector, affected code, fix) would be speculation rather than analysis.
References
3- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2289mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-40745mitrevdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgimitreissue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
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