CVE-2023-6277: fedoraproject fedora Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-6277DEBIAN-CVE-2023-6277CGA-fg4w-954q-8772CGA-vc93-hrrj-cmg2
Published 24-11-2023Last modified 22-01-2026
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2023-6277 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 1.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)EPSS score
1.82%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 daysKEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 4Timeline
- 24-11-2023PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 22-01-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
An out-of-memory flaw was found in libtiff. Passing a crafted tiff file to TIFFOpen() API may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a craft input with size smaller than 379 KB.
CVSS metrics
6 scores · 6 sources · 1 versionMedium 6.5Preferred score · CVE.org (CNA)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HSourcesAll 6 agree
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · WolfiEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVDNIST6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
1.82%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
78%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.01 pp
From 1.81% on 19-09-2026
19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score1.82%
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (gitlab.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Chainguard1 product
- tiff< 4.6.0-r1
Debian1 product
- tiffAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.5.1+git230720-2
Fedoraproject1 product
- fedoraEOL38
Libtiff1 product
- libtiffna
Ubuntu1 product
- tiff< 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm12 | < 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm15 | < 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm5 | < 4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.12 | < 4.3.0-6ubuntu0.8
Wolfi1 product
- tiff< 4.6.0-r1
6 vendors · 6 products
References
29 links- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6277VDB EntryX Refsource REDHATREPORTAdvisoryThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2251311Issue TrackingX Refsource REDHATFIXPatchThird Party Advisory
