CVE-2023-3576 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-3576: Libtiff: memory leak in tiffcrop.c

Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Weakness CWE-119
Published October 4, 2023
Last update January 22, 2026
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CVSS base score

5.5/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A memory leak flaw was found in Libtiff's tiffcrop utility. This issue occurs when tiffcrop operates on a TIFF image file, allowing an attacker to pass a crafted TIFF image file to tiffcrop utility, which causes this memory leak issue, resulting an application crash, eventually leading to a denial of service.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 4, 2023 CVE published
January 22, 2026 Record updated