CVE-2023-3576 | Libtiff: memory leak in tiffcrop.c

A memory leak flaw was found in Libtiff's tiffcrop utility. This issue occurs when tiffcrop operates on a TIFF image file, allowing an attacker to pass a crafted TIFF image file to tiffcrop utility, which causes this memory leak issue, resulting an application crash, eventually leading to a denial of service.

Published: 2023-10-04 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2023-3576 is rated Low Risk (31.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.34%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-3576

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.03% 0.34% +0.31%
2 2025-11-21 0.07% 0.03% -0.03%
3 2025-11-18 — 0.07% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-3576

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 3.6 [email protected]
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-3576

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-3576

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2023-3576 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (tiff), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-3576
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3576
suse medium CVE-2023-3576 severity moderate: SUSE including 246 source package names (1.1.0-1.1:libtiff5-4.0.9-150000.45.32.1, 1.21-36.4:libtiff5-4.0.9-150000.45.32.1, …), 375 product×package rows across 121 product lines (Container private-registry/harbor-nginx, Container private-registry/harbor-portal, … (121 product lines)): Known Affected 231, Fixed 144. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3576/
ubuntu negligible CVE-2023-3576 negligible priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (tiff), 9 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 5, ignored 2, needs-triage 1, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-3576

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-3576

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
libtiff libtiff < 4.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora — cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2023-3576

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