LibTIFF tiffcrop.c createCroppedImage crop_buff_ptr memory leak

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in LibTIFF. It has been rated as problematic. This affects the function createCroppedImage of the file tiffcrop.c. Performing a manipulation of the argument crop_buff_ptr results in memory leak. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-3576. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in LibTIFF (Image Processing Software) (version unknown). This affects the function createCroppedImage of the file tiffcrop.c. The manipulation of the argument crop_buff_ptr with an unknown input leads to a memory leak vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-401. The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

A memory leak flaw was found in Libtiff's tiffcrop utility. This issue occurs when tiffcrop operates on a TIFF image file, allowing an attacker to pass a crafted TIFF image file to tiffcrop utility, which causes this memory leak issue, resulting an application crash, eventually leading to a denial of service.

The weakness was presented 07/10/2023. The advisory is shared at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-3576 since 07/10/2023. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details and a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

The exploit is shared for download at gitlab.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 240052 (TencentOS Server 4: libtiff (TSSA-2024:0785)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at gitlab.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (240052) and EUVD (EUVD-2023-44226). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory leak
CWE: CWE-401 / CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 240052
Nessus Name: TencentOS Server 4: libtiff (TSSA-2024:0785)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: gitlab.com

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07/11/2025 +732 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: libtiff.org

Advisory: bugzilla.redhat.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-3576 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-3576
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-233373
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scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 07/10/2023 18:21
Updated: 07/11/2025 09:23
Changes: 07/10/2023 18:21 (43), 09/16/2024 17:44 (37), 04/25/2025 08:45 (3), 06/17/2025 15:08 (2), 07/11/2025 09:23 (1)
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