CVE-2023-52355 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Libtiff	Libtiff
Redhat	Enterprise Linux

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:::::::*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:20801
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-52355
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2251326
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/621
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52355
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52355

History

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 16:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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References		https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:20801

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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Tue, 17 Jun 2025 14:15:00 +0000

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2024-01-25T20:03:35.031Z

Updated: 2025-11-11T16:22:43.934Z

Reserved: 2024-01-24T14:08:49.010Z

Link: CVE-2023-52355

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T22:55:41.592Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-25T20:15:38.353

Modified: 2025-11-11T17:15:36.130

Link: CVE-2023-52355

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-11-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-52355 - Bugzilla

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