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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2023-0803

LibTIFF 4.4.0 has an out-of-bounds write in tiffcrop in tools/tiffcrop.c:3516, allowing attackers to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted tiff file. For users that compile libtiff from sources, the fix is available with commit 33aee127.

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2 Nov 2026, 20:14 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2023-0803

core-osv · Original source

Published 13 Feb 2023, 00:00 UTC

LibTIFF 4.4.0 has an out-of-bounds write in tiffcrop in tools/tiffcrop.c:3516, allowing attackers to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted tiff file. For users that compile libtiff from sources, the fix is available with commit 33aee127.

osv:CVE-2023-0803
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-0803",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2023-0803",
    "summary": "LibTIFF 4.4.0 has an out-of-bounds write in tiffcrop in tools/tiffcrop.c:3516, allowing attackers to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted tiff file. For users that compile libtiff from sources, the fix is available with commit 33aee127.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-0803",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H"
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      "affected": [
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                  "fixed": "33aee1275d9d1384791d2206776eb8152d397f00"
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          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:23.191242947Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-0803.json",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/0xxx/CVE-2023-0803.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0803",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-31",
        "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230316-0002/",
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5361",
        "https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/501",
        "https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/33aee1275d9d1384791d2206776eb8152d397f00",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00026.html"
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    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 489734,
  "published_at": "2023-02-13T00:00:00+00:00"
}