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Vulnerability record · CVE-2023-6228 · published 18 December 2023

CVE-2023-6228: Libtiff out-of-bounds write vulnerability

Libtiff · Libtiff

An issue was found in the tiffcp utility distributed by the libtiff package where a crafted TIFF file on processing may cause a heap-based buffer overflow leads to an application crash.

3.3 CVSS 3.1 Low EPSS 0.40% · top 68.5% CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds write
3.3CVSS 3.1 base score
0.40%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
7References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

An issue was found in the tiffcp utility distributed by the libtiff package where a crafted TIFF file on processing may cause a heap-based buffer overflow leads to an application crash.

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2289
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:5079
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6228 Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2240995 Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2289
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6228 Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2240995 Issue TrackingVendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2023-6228), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.