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 zones.

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

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.

A flaw was found in LibTiff. 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.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-06-19 CVE Reserved
2023-06-19 CVE Published
2024-07-21 EPSS Updated
2024-08-02 CVE Updated
2024-08-02 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00034.html

URL	Date	SRC
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/515	2024-08-02
https://research.jfrog.com/vulnerabilities/libtiff-nullderef-dos-xray-522144	2024-08-02

URL	Date	SRC
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/468	2023-08-01

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3316	2023-11-07
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2216080	2023-11-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff"		Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff"				>= 3.9.0 < 4.5.1 Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff" and version " >= 3.9.0 < 4.5.1"		-		Affected