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CVE-2023-52355

Publication date 25 January 2024

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Negligible

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

An out-of-memory flaw was found in libtiff that could be triggered by passing a crafted tiff file to the TIFFRasterScanlineSize64() API. This flaw allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted input with a size smaller than 379 KB.

Read the notes from the security team

Why is this CVE negligible priority?

The fix for this issue is in the documentation for applications to ensure they properly limit memory usage.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
gdal 23.10 mantic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored documentation only
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored documentation only
neuron 23.10 mantic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored documentation only
20.04 LTS focal Ignored documentation only
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored documentation only
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
qtwebengine-opensource-src 23.10 mantic Ignored end of life, was ignored [documentation only]
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored documentation only
20.04 LTS focal Ignored documentation only
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored documentation only
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
texmaker 23.10 mantic Ignored end of life, was ignored [documentation only]
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored documentation only
20.04 LTS focal Ignored documentation only
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored documentation only
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored documentation only
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
tiff 23.10 mantic Ignored end of life, was ignored [documentation only]
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored documentation only
20.04 LTS focal Ignored documentation only
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored documentation only
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored documentation only
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored documentation only

Notes

sbeattie

texmaker added an embedded copy of libtiff in bionic

rodrigo-zaiden

fix in documentation only, marking all Ubuntu releases as ignored, as the fix in Documentation won't be of any usage in backports. if that is not the case, I'll be happy to move it back to an active status.

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
tiff

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H