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CVE-2023-52356

high

A segment fault (SEGV) flaw was found in libtiff that could be triggered by passing a crafted tiff file to the TIFFReadRGBATileExt() API.

Vendor / product: Debian — debian linux

A segment fault (SEGV) flaw was found in libtiff that could be triggered by passing a crafted tiff file to the TIFFReadRGBATileExt() API. This flaw allows a remote attacker to cause a heap-buffer overflow, leading to a denial of service.

CVSS
7.5
7.5 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2024-01-25 20:15
Modified: 2026-10-28 19:06
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 10 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-28 19:26 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

debian / debian_linux 10.0, 11.0
apple / ipados <16.7.9, ≥17.0 <17.6
apple / iphone_os <16.7.9, ≥17.0 <17.6
apple / macos <12.7.6, ≥13.0 <13.6.8, ≥14.0 <14.6
apple / tvos <17.6
apple / visionos <1.3
apple / watchos <10.6
libtiff / libtiff <4.6.0
redhat / ai_inference_server ≥3.2.0 <3.2.2, 3.3.0
redhat / codeready_linux_builder 8.0, 9.0, 10.0
redhat / codeready_linux_builder_eus 9.6, 10.0
redhat / discovery 2.0
redhat / enterprise_linux 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0
redhat / enterprise_linux_eus 9.6, 10.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-122 CWE-787

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Vendor advisory: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:5079
Vendor advisory: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:20801
Vendor advisory: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:21994
Vendor advisory: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23078
Vendor advisory: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23079
Vendor advisory: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23080
Vendor advisory: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16174
Vendor advisory: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25096
Vendor advisory: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3461
Vendor advisory: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3462
Patch / mitigation: https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/622
Patch / mitigation: https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/546
Patch / mitigation: https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/622
Patch / mitigation: https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/546

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-28 19:26 UTC · record ↗

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