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Advisory details: vulnrichment / CVE-2023-2731
Advisory ID vulnrichment/CVE-2023-2731
Aliases
Summary 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.
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 (1)
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 5.5
ssvc Track
Reference id Reference type URL
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2207635
https://github.com/libsdl-org/libtiff/commit/9be22b639ea69e102d3847dca4c53ef025e9527b
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/548
CVE-2023-2731 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2731
ntap-20230703-0009 Other https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230703-0009/
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 None
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-01-22T18:21:11Z/ Found at None

Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-01-22T18:21:11Z/

Decision: Track

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2023/2xxx/CVE-2023-2731.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2023-2731

View SSVC decision tree 
[{'Exploitation': 'poc'},
 {'Automatable': 'no'},
 {'Technical Impact': 'partial'},
 {'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
 {'Public Well-being Impact': 'material'},
 {'Mission & Well-being': 'medium'}]