CVE-2023-40745 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2023-40745

Libtiff: integer overflow in tiffcp.c

Vulnerability Description

LibTIFF is vulnerable to an integer overflow. This flaw allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute an arbitrary code via a crafted tiff image, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Red Hat would like to thank Arie Haenel (Intel ASSERT), Polina Frolov (Intel ASSERT), Yaakov Cohen (Intel ASSERT), and Yocheved Butterman (Intel ASSERT) for reporting this issue.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 0:4.4.0-12.el9

Timeline

Official Publish: October 5th, 2023
Last Modified: January 22nd, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)