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medium 5.9

CVE-2023-3316 json

A NULL pointer dereference in TIFFClose() is caused by a failure to open an output file (non-existent path or a path that requires permissions like /dev/null) while specifying zones.

published 2023-06-19 3 y ago modified 2026-07-25 3 mo ago also EUVD-2023-43984 , JLSEC-2025-305

cvss
5.9
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 66%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A NULL pointer dereference in TIFFClose() is caused by a failure to open an output file (non-existent path or a path that requires permissions like /dev/null) while specifying zones.

Patch / fix

  • julia Libtiff_jll 4.5.1+0
  • libtiff libtiff 4.5.1
  • tiff Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.5.0-5

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-3316

  • tiff Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.9
  • tiff Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 4.3.0-6ubuntu0.5
  • tiff Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm8
  • tiff Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm11
  • tiff Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3316

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libtiff RHEL 9 4.4.0-10.el9
  • libtiff-tools RHEL 9 4.4.0-10.el9

red hat advisories RHSA-2023:6575

  • tiff SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 4.0.9-44.71.1
  • tiff SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP5, SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP4, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 +9 more 4.0.9-150000.45.32.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:4371-1SUSE-SU-2023:4370-1

  • libtiff AlmaLinux 9 4.4.0-10.el9
  • libtiff-tools AlmaLinux 9 4.4.0-10.el9

almalinux advisories ALSA-2023:6575

  • tiff Alpine 3.17, Alpine 3.16, Alpine 3.15 4.4.0-r4

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2023-3316

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libtiff CBL-Mariner 2.0 4.5.1-1

azure linux advisories AZL-27205

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-3316 updated cvss 5.5

libtiff: tiffcrop: null pointer dereference in TIFFClose()

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libtiff Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libtiff, libtiff-tools, compat-libtiff3
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 libtiff, libtiff-tools, compat-libtiff3
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) libtiff-tools 4.4.0-10.el9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) libtiff 4.4.0-10.el9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:6575

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

cisa ICSA-24-046-11 updated cvss 5.9

Siemens SCALANCE XCM-/XRM-300

  • Siemens SCALANCE XCH328 (6GK5328-4TS01-2EC2) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XCM324 (6GK5324-8TS01-2AC2) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XCM328 (6GK5328-4TS01-2AC2) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XCM332 (6GK5332-0GA01-2AC2) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRH334 (24 V DC, 8xFO, CC) (6GK5334-2TS01-2ER3) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (2x230 V AC, 8xFO) (6GK5334-2TS01-4AR3) <V2.4
    +5 more products
    Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (2x230 V AC, 12xFO) (6GK5334-3TS01-4AR3) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (24 V DC, 8xFO) (6GK5334-2TS01-2AR3) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (24 V DC, 12xFO) (6GK5334-3TS01-2AR3) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (230 V AC, 8xFO) (6GK5334-2TS01-3AR3) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (230 V AC, 12xFO) (6GK5334-3TS01-3AR3) <V2.4
    affected: fixed in V2.4 support.industry.siemens.com

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
22 mo ago

Exploit prediction

1.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • gitlab.com https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/515 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • research.jfrog.com https://research.jfrog.com/vulnerabilities/libtiff-nullderef-dos-xray-522144/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
OSV 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
julia Libtiff_jll
<4.5.1+0
4.5.1+0

Affected products

  • libtiff libtiff

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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