CVE-2023-52356

Publication date 25 January 2024

Last updated 11 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

Description

A segment fault (SEGV) flaw was found in libtiff that could be triggered by passing a crafted tiff file to the TIFFReadRGBATileExt() API. This flaw allows a remote attacker to cause a heap-buffer overflow, leading to a denial of service.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
tiff 25.10 questing
Fixed 4.5.1+git230720-4ubuntu1
25.04 plucky
Fixed 4.5.1+git230720-4ubuntu1
24.10 oracular
Fixed 4.5.1+git230720-4ubuntu1
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 4.5.1+git230720-4ubuntu1
23.10 mantic
Fixed 4.5.1+git230720-1ubuntu1.1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 4.3.0-6ubuntu0.8
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.12
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm5
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm15
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm12
qtwebengine-opensource-src 25.10 questing
Needs evaluation
25.04 plucky
Needs evaluation
24.10 oracular Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
23.10 mantic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
texmaker 25.10 questing
Needs evaluation
25.04 plucky
Needs evaluation
24.10 oracular Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
23.10 mantic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
gdal 25.10 questing
Not affected
25.04 plucky
Not affected
24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
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
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty
Needs evaluation

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
tiff

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

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-6644-1
    • LibTIFF vulnerabilities
    • 19 February 2024
    • USN-6644-2
    • LibTIFF vulnerabilities
    • 27 February 2024

Other references