Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-2908 - NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Libtiff
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
A null pointer dereference issue was found in Libtiff's tif_dir.c file. This issue may allow an attacker to pass a crafted TIFF image file to the tiffcp utility which triggers a runtime error that causes undefined behavior. This will result in an application crash, eventually leading to a denial of service.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 7 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2908
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2218830
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/9bd48f0dbd64fb94dc2b5b05238fde0bfdd4ff3f
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/479
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230731-0004/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00034.html