LibTIFF 4.4.0 has an out-of-bounds write in tiffcrop in tools/tiffcrop.c:3516, allowing attackers to cause a denial-of-service via a crafte…

Published 3 y ago 2023-02-13 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

6.8

v3.1 · CNA

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

0.4%

percentile 37%

Public exploits

none known

LibTIFF 4.4.0 has an out-of-bounds write in tiffcrop in tools/tiffcrop.c:3516, allowing attackers to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted tiff file. For users that compile libtiff from sources, the fix is available with commit 33aee127.

CISA SSVC assessment

Exploitation: Proof of concept public
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 19 mo ago 2025-03-21

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.43% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 37% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
CNA	3.1	6.8	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H`
CNA	3.1	6.8	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H`
NVD	3.1	5.5	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`

Affected products

libtiff libtiff

Classification

Weakness

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

References

gitlab.com /libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/33aee1275d9d1384791d2206776eb8152d397f00 · x_transferred
gitlab.com /libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/501 · x_transferred
gitlab.com /gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-0803.json · x_transferred
lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00026.html · mailing-list, x_transferred
debian.org /security/2023/dsa-5361 · vendor-advisory, x_transferred
security.netapp.com /advisory/ntap-20230316-0002/ · x_transferred
security.gentoo.org /glsa/202305-31 · vendor-advisory, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2023-0803
NVD: CVE-2023-0803

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Summary