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Full vulnerability report · 2023
CVE-2023-1916High confidence

A flaw was found in tiffcrop, a program distributed by the libtiff package

n/a · libtiff

6.1MediumCVSS 3.1
Recommended action
Within 7 days

Medium technical severity with public exploit material referenced by a structured source; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance.

Fix not verified
Distribution package intelligence

Ubuntu vendor package status

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1 package state
Repository candidate not checked

A published vendor fix does not prove that a matching update is enabled and installable on a particular asset. Confirm the local package candidate before scheduling remediation.

Ubuntu releaseSource packageVendor stateFixed versionEvidence
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivetiffVendor fix publishedCanonical reports that a fixed source package version has been published. Repository candidate availability is not checked by BlackTree.4.5.1+git230720-4ubuntu1Canonical record ↗Source updated 11 Sept 2026
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1 current
ENISA EUVD identifier

EUVD-2023-24104

No EUVD known-exploited evidence

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EUVD state
Present in the current official mapping
Known exploitation
Not present in the current ENISA EUVD known-exploited dataset. This is not proof of no exploitation.
ENISA score
Not supplied in the stored EUVD record
Advisory evidence
No linked advisory details stored yet
Recommended actionWithin 7 days

Medium technical severity with public exploit material referenced by a structured source; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance.

Fix not verified
01

What, why and how

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.

What

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.

Why

The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

How

An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation without authentication after a user interaction. If successful, the issue may obtain information outside the intended access boundary.

What

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.

Why

The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

How

An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation without authentication after a user interaction. If successful, the issue may obtain information outside the intended access boundary.

02

Exploit reality and attack path

CVSS severity, EPSS forecast probability, public exploit material and CISA-confirmed exploitation are separate signals.

Observed exploitation
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
No confirmed evidence

No CISA KEV match was present at the last successful refresh. This means no confirmation from that source, not proof of no exploitation.

Public PoC / exploit material
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
Reference recorded

A structured CVE source labels at least one public reference as exploit material. BlackTree has not independently validated that it is safe, reliable or weaponised.

Likely attack path
local access → Out-of-bounds Read → obtain information outside the intended access boundary
Attack surface
Local
Privileges required
None: unauthenticated exploitation is possible
User interaction
Required interaction required
Attack complexity
Low: no specialised conditions are recorded
Security boundary
Unchanged: impact remains within the vulnerable component's security authority
Weakness
?CWE means Common Weakness Enumeration: a standard category for the underlying weakness.
CWE-125

CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

CVSS vector
?CVSS means Common Vulnerability Scoring System. The vector records the metric values used to calculate technical severity.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

Common Vulnerability Scoring System 3.1: the compact vector below is decoded into plain language.

AVLocalAttack vector: The attacker needs local access to the vulnerable system.ACLowAttack complexity: No specialised conditions are required beyond attacker-controlled input.PRNonePrivileges required: The attacker does not need an account or existing privileges.UIRequiredUser interaction: Another user must perform an action for exploitation to succeed.SUnchangedScope: The security impact remains within the vulnerable component's authority.CLowConfidentiality impact: A successful attack can cause a limited loss.INoneIntegrity impact: No direct loss is represented by this metric.AHighAvailability impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.
Post-exploitation / living off the land
The issue can support a local privilege or sandbox boundary transition; normal system utilities may then be available in the gained context.
UnauthenticatedDenial of serviceCWE-125Public exploit reference
A

Official authority intelligence

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BSI · German · WID-SEC-2024-3377Dell PowerProtect Data Domain: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Dell PowerProtect Data Domain ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, Informationen offenzulegen und um nicht näher beschriebene Auswirkungen zu erzielen.

Official advisory ↗
BSI · German · WID-SEC-2023-0889libTIFF: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of Service

Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in libTIFF ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.

Official advisory ↗
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2026-AVI-0218Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware

.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0797 Référence CVE CVE-2023-0798 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0798 Référence CVE CVE-2023-0799 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0799 Référence CVE CVE-2023-0800 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0800 Référence CVE CVE-2023-0801 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0801 Référence CVE CVE-2023-0802 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0802 Référence CVE CVE-2023-0803 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0803 Référence CVE CVE-2023-0804 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0804 Référence CVE CVE-2023-1579 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1579 Référence CVE CVE-2023-1916 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1916 Référence CVE CVE-2023-1972 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1972 Référence CVE CVE-2023-1999 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1999 Référence CVE CVE-2023-23916 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-23916 Référence CVE CVE-2023-24056 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-24056 Référence CVE CVE-2023-25433 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-25433 Référence CVE CVE-2023-25434 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-25434 Référence CVE CVE-2023-25435 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-25435 Référence CVE CVE-2023-25584 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2

Official advisory ↗
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2025-AVI-0969Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware

.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0922 Référence CVE CVE-2023-1170 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1170 Référence CVE CVE-2023-1175 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1175 Référence CVE CVE-2023-1255 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1255 Référence CVE CVE-2023-1264 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1264 Référence CVE CVE-2023-1289 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1289 Référence CVE CVE-2023-1355 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1355 Référence CVE CVE-2023-1667 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1667 Référence CVE CVE-2023-1906 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1906 Référence CVE CVE-2023-1916 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1916 Référence CVE CVE-2023-1981 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1981 Référence CVE CVE-2023-20873 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-20873 Référence CVE CVE-2023-20883 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-20883 Référence CVE CVE-2023-2157 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2157 Référence CVE CVE-2023-21830 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-21830 Référence CVE CVE-2023-21843 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-21843 Référence CVE CVE-2023-21930 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-21930 Référence CVE CVE-2023-21937 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2

Official advisory ↗
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2025-AVI-0481Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM

VERecord?id=CVE-2017-9047 Référence CVE CVE-2018-5711 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5711 Référence CVE CVE-2019-11038 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-11038 Référence CVE CVE-2020-15250 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-15250 Référence CVE CVE-2020-35538 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-35538 Référence CVE CVE-2021-38593 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-38593 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1354 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1354 Référence CVE CVE-2022-3570 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3570 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49043 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49043 Référence CVE CVE-2023-1916 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1916 Référence CVE CVE-2023-24056 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-24056 Référence CVE CVE-2023-24607 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-24607 Référence CVE CVE-2023-37920 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-37920 Référence CVE CVE-2023-43804 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-43804 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52355 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52355 Référence CVE CVE-2024-0793 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0793 Référence CVE CVE-2024-11831 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-11831 Référence CVE CVE-2024-38809 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE

Official advisory ↗
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2024-AVI-1103Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM

.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0796 Référence CVE CVE-2023-0797 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0797 Référence CVE CVE-2023-0798 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0798 Référence CVE CVE-2023-0799 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0799 Référence CVE CVE-2023-0800 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0800 Référence CVE CVE-2023-0801 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0801 Référence CVE CVE-2023-0802 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0802 Référence CVE CVE-2023-0803 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0803 Référence CVE CVE-2023-0804 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0804 Référence CVE CVE-2023-1916 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1916 Référence CVE CVE-2023-23931 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-23931 Référence CVE CVE-2023-24816 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-24816 Référence CVE CVE-2023-25194 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-25194 Référence CVE CVE-2023-25434 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-25434 Référence CVE CVE-2023-25435 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-25435 Référence CVE CVE-2023-2650 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2650 Référence CVE CVE-2023-26965 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-26965 Référence CVE CVE-2023-2731 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-

Official advisory ↗
JVN iPedia · Japanese · JVNDB-2023-007139LibTIFF における境界外読み取りに関する脆弱性

LibTIFF には、境界外読み取りに関する脆弱性が存在します。

Official advisory ↗
03

Patch and workaround

Operational remediation based on structured source evidence.

Status
?Patch availability is based on structured fixed-version fields and authoritative update references. If no fix is verified, check the vendor advisory before making a change.
Fix not verified
Affected
libtiff: libtiff versions 4.x and newer are affected
Fixed
No fixed version is explicitly recorded in the structured CVE data.
Action
No verified patch reference is present in the current structured sources. Check the vendor advisory before making a change.
Workaround
No verified workaround is recorded. Limit untrusted access and use least privilege until authoritative guidance is available.
04

Evidence and provenance

Published 10 Apr 2023 · Last source change 2 Aug 2024, 06:05 UTC · CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read

CVE recordCVE.org · 5.1
CVSS sourceNIST NVD
EPSS source
?The date BlackTree first stored a score for this CVE from the daily FIRST EPSS feed.
FIRST · tracked since 2026-08-14
European sourceENISA EUVD · EUVD-2023-24104
Product sourceCNA
Remediation sourceCVE/CNA references
CWE sourceCNA
NVD statusNVD modified after enrichment

Core structured fields are present and their contributing authorities are shown above.

Material change intelligence

What changed after publication

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No material field changes have been recorded since change tracking began. Routine source refreshes and cosmetic edits are intentionally excluded.

Material fields only · duplicate refreshes suppressed · history retained for the configured operational retention period
Technical terms and abbreviations used in this report
CVE
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures: the public identifier for one disclosed vulnerability.
CVSS
Common Vulnerability Scoring System: a technical severity framework; it is not patching priority by itself.
EPSS
Exploit Prediction Scoring System: FIRST's estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days; it is a forecast, not confirmation.
CWE
Common Weakness Enumeration: the standard category describing the underlying software or hardware weakness.
CNA
CVE Numbering Authority: an organisation authorised to assign and publish CVE records.
CISA ADP
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Authorized Data Publisher: structured enrichment added to a CVE record.
NVD
National Vulnerability Database: NIST's enrichment service for CVE records.
CERT / CSIRT
A computer security incident response team that publishes warnings or coordinates incident response.
PoC
Proof of concept: public material that demonstrates or helps reproduce exploitation.
CSAF
Common Security Advisory Framework: a machine-readable format for security advisories.
LoTL
Living off the land: abuse of legitimate tools or system functions during an attack.
Free version - for non-commercial use only.CVE-2023-1916 · cve.blacktree.nl