CVE-2023-3164

Heap-buffer-overflow in extractimagesection()

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: November 2, 2023 at 11:26 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:13 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsEnterprise LinuxLibTIFFFedora

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
PoC

Description

A heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability was found in LibTIFF, in extractImageSection() at tools/tiffcrop.c:7916 and tools/tiffcrop.c:7801. This flaw allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted tiff file.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 4.6.0
Affected range stops below 4.6.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 6 (unknown)
All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (3)

VDB Entryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3164
Issue Trackingx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2213531

SSVC — Action Prioritization

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CVSS

5.5MEDIUMredhat
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-120CWE-787

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