#VU79330 Heap-based buffer overflow in LibTIFF - CVE-2023-3164

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#VU79330 Heap-based buffer overflow in LibTIFF - CVE-2023-3164

Published: August 10, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU79330
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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
Vulnerable software:
LibTIFF
Software vendor:
LibTIFF

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.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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