CVE-2023-3618

CVSS 3.1 Score 6.5 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published Jul 12, 2023
Updated: Mar 23, 2024
CWE ID 120

Summary

CVE-2023-3618 is a newly disclosed vulnerability affecting the libtiff library. Maliciously crafted TIFF files can cause a segmentation fault in the Fax3Encode function of libtiff/tif_fax3.c, resulting in a denial of service. The issue stems from a buffer overflow in this function when handling specific TIFF files. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to the crashing of applications using the affected library, disrupting services and potentially causing significant downtime. It is recommended that users update their libtiff installations as soon as possible to mitigate the risk.

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Affected Products

  • LibTIFF
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Debian

Affected Vendors

  • Red Hat
  • Debian
  • Libtiff

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