CVE-2023-52355

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.

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Why is this CVE negligible priority?

The fix for this issue is in the documentation for applications to ensure they properly limit memory usage.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
gdal	23.10 mantic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Ignored documentation only
	14.04 LTS trusty	Ignored end of ESM support, was ignored [documentation only]
neuron	23.10 mantic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Ignored documentation only
	20.04 LTS focal	Ignored documentation only
	18.04 LTS bionic	Ignored documentation only
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
qtwebengine-opensource-src	23.10 mantic	Ignored end of life, was ignored [documentation only]
	22.04 LTS jammy	Ignored documentation only
	20.04 LTS focal	Ignored documentation only
	18.04 LTS bionic	Ignored documentation only
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
texmaker	23.10 mantic	Ignored end of life, was ignored [documentation only]
	22.04 LTS jammy	Ignored documentation only
	20.04 LTS focal	Ignored documentation only
	18.04 LTS bionic	Ignored documentation only
	16.04 LTS xenial	Ignored documentation only
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
tiff	23.10 mantic	Ignored end of life, was ignored [documentation only]
	22.04 LTS jammy	Ignored documentation only
	20.04 LTS focal	Ignored documentation only
	18.04 LTS bionic	Ignored documentation only
	16.04 LTS xenial	Ignored documentation only
	14.04 LTS trusty	Ignored end of ESM support, was ignored [documentation only]

Notes

sbeattie

texmaker added an embedded copy of libtiff in bionic

rodrigo-zaiden

fix in documentation only, marking all Ubuntu releases as ignored, as the fix in Documentation won't be of any usage in backports. if that is not the case, I'll be happy to move it back to an active status.

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
tiff	Upstream: 3359473 Upstream: 16ab4a2

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H