CVE-2023-1916
mediumA flaw was found in tiffcrop, a program distributed by the libtiff package.
Vendor / product: Libtiff — libtiff
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
6.1
6.1 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2023-04-10 22:15
Modified: 2026-11-02 23:17
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 3 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-02 23:17 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
libtiff / libtiff ≥4.0 ≤4.5.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/536%2C secalert@redhat.com
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/537 secalert@redhat.com
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213844 secalert@redhat.com
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/536 nvd@nist.gov
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/536%2C af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/537 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213844 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-02 23:17 UTC · record ↗