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ALPINE-CVE-2023-0798 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

LibTIFF 4.4.0 has an out-of-bounds read in tiffcrop in tools/tiffcrop.c:3400, 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 afaabc3e.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1

5.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Alpine:v3.23	tiff	4.5.0-r2, 4.5.0-r2, 3.8.2-r1
Alpine:v3.22	tiff	4.0.2-r1, 0, 3.8.2-r0
Alpine:v3.15	tiff	4.0.6-r3, 0, 3.8.2-r0
Alpine:v3.20	tiff	3.9.5-r0, 3.9.5-r1, 4.0.1-r0
Alpine:v3.18	tiff	4.0.10-r2, 0, 3.8.2-r0
Alpine:v3.19	tiff	3.8.2-r2, 3.8.2-r1, 3.8.2-r0
Alpine:v3.21	tiff	4.0.2-r0, 4.0.6-r3, 0
Alpine:v3.16	tiff	4.4.0-r1, 4.4.0-r0, 4.3.0-r1
Alpine:v3.17	tiff	4.0.3-r0, 4.0.2-r1, 4.0.2-r0

Timeline

Feb 13, 2023 CVE Published
Dec 3, 2025 CVE Updated
Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch

References

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-0798 advisory

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