Medium severity · published Jun 19, 2023
CVE-2023-3316
A NULL pointer dereference in TIFFClose() is caused by a failure to open an output file (non-existent path or a path that requires permissions like /dev/null) while specifying…
6.5
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A NULL pointer dereference in TIFFClose() is caused by a failure to open an output file (non-existent path or a path that requires permissions like /dev/null) while specifying zones.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 66% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Libtiff · Libtiff
3.9.0 before 4.5.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3316
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3316
Exploit
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/515
Patch
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/468
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00034.html
Exploit
https://research.jfrog.com/vulnerabilities/libtiff-nullderef-dos-xray-522144/
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00019.html
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