CVE-2023-2908 | BDVDB-2026-206016 Detail
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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.
Impact#
Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact none, integrity impact none, availability impact high. Attack vector: local.
Weaknesses#
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
References#
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2908
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2218830
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/9bd48f0dbd64fb94dc2b5b05238fde0bfdd4ff3f
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/479
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00034.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230731-0004/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00019.html
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.