CVE-2023-2731 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in Libtiff's LZWDecode() function in the libtiff/tif_lzw.c file. This flaw allows a local attacker to craft specific input data that can cause the program to dereference a NULL pointer when decompressing a TIFF format file, resulting in a program crash or denial of service.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Fedoraproject	Fedora
Libtiff	Libtiff
Redhat	Enterprise Linux

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:::::::*

Package	CPE	Advisory	Released Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
libtiff-0:4.4.0-10.el9	cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9	RHSA-2023:6575	2023-11-07T00:00:00Z

References

Link	Providers
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2731
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2207635
https://github.com/libsdl-org/libtiff/commit/9be22b639ea69e102d3847dca4c53ef025e9527b
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/548
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2731
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230703-0009/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2731

History

Wed, 22 Jan 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2023-05-17T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-01-22T18:22:52.418Z

Reserved: 2023-05-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-2731

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:33:05.442Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-17T22:15:11.047

Modified: 2025-01-22T19:15:09.643

Link: CVE-2023-2731

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-04-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-2731 - Bugzilla

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