LibTIFF tools/tiffcp.c cpStripToTile heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in LibTIFF and classified as critical. This affects the function cpStripToTile of the file tools/tiffcp.c. The manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2023-6228. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in LibTIFF (Image Processing Software) (the affected version unknown) and classified as critical. This issue affects the function cpStripToTile of the file tools/tiffcp.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was found in the tiffcp utility distributed by the libtiff package where a crafted TIFF file on processing may cause a heap-based buffer overflow leads to an application crash.

The weakness was published 11/21/2023. The advisory is shared at bugzilla.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-6228 since 11/21/2023. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/25/2024).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 209644 (Fedora 40 : libtiff (2024-9c84a7c963)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (209644). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
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Nessus ID: 209644
Nessus Name: Fedora 40 : libtiff (2024-9c84a7c963)

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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11/21/2023 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Product: libtiff.org

Advisory: bugzilla.redhat.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2023-6228 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-6228
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-245885

Entryinfo

Created: 11/21/2023 08:22
Updated: 04/21/2025 03:35
Changes: 11/21/2023 08:22 (37), 10/11/2024 21:06 (37), 10/25/2024 09:57 (2), 04/21/2025 03:35 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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