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Advisory details: gitlab / conan/libtiff/CVE-2023-2908
Advisory ID gitlab/conan/libtiff/CVE-2023-2908
Aliases CVE-2023-2908
Summary NULL Pointer Dereference A null pointer dereference issue was discovered in Libtiff's tif_dir.c file. This flaw allows an attacker to pass a crafted TIFF image file to the tiffcp utility, which triggers runtime error, causing an undefined behavior, resulting in an application crash, eventually leading to a denial of service.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 0.0
Risk
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/conan/libtiff/CVE-2023-2908.yml
Reference id Reference type URL
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2218830
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/9bd48f0dbd64fb94dc2b5b05238fde0bfdd4ff3f
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/479
CVE-2023-2908 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2908
CVE-2023-2908 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2908
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/conan/libtiff/CVE-2023-2908.yml
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-10-28T13:04:03Z/

Decision: Track

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2023/2xxx/CVE-2023-2908.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2023-2908

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 {'Automatable': 'no'},
 {'Technical Impact': 'partial'},
 {'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
 {'Public Well-being Impact': 'material'},
 {'Mission & Well-being': 'medium'}]