Buffer overflow in LibTIFF - CVE-2023-25434

 

Buffer overflow in LibTIFF - CVE-2023-25434

Published: August 10, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU79328
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-25434
CWE-ID: CWE-120
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to buffer overflow in the extractContigSamplesBytes() at /libtiff/tools/tiffcrop.c:3215. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted file and execute arbitrary code on the system.


Affected software

LibTIFF
Amazon Linux AMI
Data Lakehouse
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container
libtiff
Datacap

How to mitigate CVE-2023-25434

Install updates from vendor's website.

LibTIFF - update to 4.5.1
Data Lakehouse - update to 1.1.0.0
libtiff - update to 4.4.0-4
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container - addressed in versions 5.0.9, 9.1.0
Datacap - update to 9.1.9.0.4

External References

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