What is CVE-2023-25433?

CVE-2023-25433 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libtiff, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-06-29.

How severe is CVE-2023-25433?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-25433 known to be exploited?

4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Libtiff

CVE-2023-25433

libtiff 4.5.0 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via /libtiff/tools/tiffcrop.c:8499. Incorrect updating of buffer size after rotateImage() in tiffcrop cause heap-buffer-overflow and SEGV.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.004 (34.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Libtiff — versions 4.5.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (Patch)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list)
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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-25433?: CVE-2023-25433 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libtiff, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-06-29.
How severe is CVE-2023-25433?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-25433 known to be exploited?: 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.