CVE-2023-41175 | Libtiff: potential integer overflow in raw2tiff.c

A vulnerability was found in libtiff due to multiple potential integer overflows in raw2tiff.c. This flaw allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute an arbitrary code via a crafted tiff image, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Published: 2023-10-05 Last update: 2024-12-04 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2023-41175 is rated Moderate Risk (47.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.04%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-41175

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 0.33% 1.04% +0.70%
2 2025-03-30 0.46% 0.33% -0.13%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.46% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-41175

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
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.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
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.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-41175

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-41175

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2023-41175 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-2023-41175
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-41175
suse medium CVE-2023-41175 severity moderate: SUSE including 20 source package names (1.1.0-1.1:libtiff5-4.0.9-150000.45.41.1, 1.21-36.4:libtiff5-4.0.9-150000.45.41.1, …), 136 product×package rows across 116 product lines (Container private-registry/harbor-nginx, Container private-registry/harbor-portal, … (116 product lines)): Fixed 130, Known Not Affected 6. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-41175/
ubuntu medium CVE-2023-41175 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (tiff), 7 status rows across 7 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, lunar, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 6, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-41175

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-41175

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
libtiff libtiff < 4.6.0 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-2023-41175

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