Heap-based buffer overflow in LibTIFF - CVE-2023-3164
Published: August 10, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU79330
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3164
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: LibTIFF
Affected software:
LibTIFF
LibTIFF
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the extractImageSection() function in tools/tiffcrop.c. A local attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted data, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and perform a denial of service attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2023-3164
Install updates from vendor's website.