CVE-2023-1916: libtiff Out-of-bounds Read
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2023-1916 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in libtiff. EPSS estimates a 0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 29.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 2Timeline
- 10-04-2023PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 02-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
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.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated6.1MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated6.1MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.36%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
29%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.36% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
2 foundExploit Reference (gitlab.com)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (gitlab.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Debian1 product
- tiffAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.7.0-1
Libtiff1 product
- libtiff≥ 4.0, ≤ 4.5.0
Ubuntu1 product
- tiff< 4.5.1+git230720-4ubuntu1 | < 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm10 | < 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm13 | < 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm3 | < 4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.10 | < 4.3.0-6ubuntu0.6
3 vendors · 3 products
