CVE-2023-0801

Publication date 13 February 2023

Last updated 26 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

LibTIFF 4.4.0 has an out-of-bounds write in tiffcrop in libtiff/tif_unix.c:368, invoked by tools/tiffcrop.c:2903 and tools/tiffcrop.c:6778, allowing attackers to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted tiff file. For users that compile libtiff from sources, the fix is available with commit 33aee127.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
tiff 23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Fixed 4.4.0-4ubuntu3.3
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 4.3.0-6ubuntu0.4
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.8
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm10
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm7

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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