# CVE-2023-6228: Libtiff: heap-based buffer overflow in cpstriptotile() in tools/tiffcp.c

Status: published. Published: 2023-12-18. Updated: 2026-11-06.

An issue was found in the tiffcp utility distributed by the libtiff package where a crafted TIFF file on processing may cause a heap-based buffer overflow leads to an application crash.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (libtiff): ≥ 0:4.0.9-32.el8_10; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (libtiff): ≥ 0:4.4.0-12.el9; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (libtiff): Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (compat-libtiff3): Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (libtiff): Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (compat-libtiff3): Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 3.1: 3.3 (low); CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L; source: CNA: redhat

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: 0.40% as of 2026-11-05; percentile 34.34%

- SSVC: Not available

- Weaknesses: CWE-787

## Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2289 (CNA: redhat; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT)

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:5079 (CNA: redhat; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT)

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6228 (CNA: redhat; vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT)

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2240995 (CNA: redhat; issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT)

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2289 (ADP: CVE; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred)

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6228 (ADP: CVE; vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred)

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2240995 (ADP: CVE; issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred)

## Provenance

- CNA: redhat: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6228; retrieved 2026-11-06; source updated 2026-11-06

- FIRST EPSS: https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-6228; retrieved 2026-11-06; source updated Not reported

Revision: bb9dd55fa50e6e08d74b671dbb45e3d065c2a2937e14c0f318931b5fe7485b93

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