CVE-2023-1916 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A flaw was found in tiffcrop, a program distributed by the libtiff package. A specially crafted tiff file can lead to an out-of-bounds read in the extractImageSection function in tools/tiffcrop.c, resulting in a denial of service and limited information disclosure. This issue affects libtiff versions 4.x.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00365.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

libtiff

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`libtiff versions 4.x and newer are affected`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Libtiff Subscribe	Libtiff Subscribe

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Ubuntu USN	USN-6428-1	LibTIFF vulnerability

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/536
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/536%2C
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/537
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1916
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213844
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1916

History

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 23:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2023-04-10T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2026-11-02T22:17:39.760Z

Reserved: 2023-04-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-1916

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:05:26.709Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-04-10T22:15:09.223

Modified: 2026-11-02T23:17:12.800

Link: CVE-2023-1916

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2023-03-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-1916 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-125

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