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CVE-2023-3618

Published: Jul 12, 2023

Modified: Nov 3, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.5

MEDIUM

Description

A flaw was found in libtiff. A specially crafted tiff file can lead to a segmentation fault due to a buffer overflow in the Fax3Encode function in libtiff/tif_fax3.c, resulting in a denial of service.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	libtiff	All versions
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	All versions
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	All versions
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	All versions
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	All versions
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	All versions
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	All versions
Fedora	Fedora	All versions
Fedora	Fedora	All versions
Fedora	Fedora	All versions
Fedora	Fedora	All versions

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3618

vdb-entry

x_refsource_REDHAT

issue-tracking

x_refsource_REDHAT

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00034.html

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230824-0012/

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214038

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214036

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214037

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