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CVE-2023-52356

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2024-01-25
  • WeaknessCWE-122 · CWE-787

Am I affected?

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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.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2024-01-2520:15CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2026-10-2319:23First public proof of conceptPoC-in-GitHub

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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Versions per branch

NVD
Redhat enterprise linux
BranchAffectedFixed in
8.0= 8.0no fix published
9.0= 9.0no fix published
Libtiff
BranchAffectedFixed in
—all versionsno fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Vendor advisories

  • RHSA-2026:3462 Red Hat Product Security1 product fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat AI Inference Server 3.2.2 (ROCm)

  • RHSA-2026:3461 Red Hat Product Security2 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat AI Inference Server 3.2.2 (CUDA)

  • RHSA-2025:23080 Red Hat Product Security2 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat AI Inference Server Model Optimization Tools 3.2.2 (CUDA)

  • RHSA-2025:23079 Red Hat Product Security1 product fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat AI Inference Server 3.2.2 (ROCm)

  • RHSA-2025:23078 Red Hat Product Security2 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat AI Inference Server 3.2.2 (CUDA)

  • RHSA-2025:21994 Red Hat Product Security2 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: A Subscription Management tool for finding and reporting Red Hat product usage

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2026:3462 · 1 productFor more information visit https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3462
  2. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2026:3461 · 2 productsFor more information visit https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3461
  3. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2025:23080 · 2 productsFor more information visit https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23080
  4. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2025:23079 · 1 productFor more information visit https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23079
  5. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2025:23078 · 2 productsFor more information visit https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23078
  6. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2025:21994 · 2 productsThe containers required to run Discovery can be installed through discovery-installer RPM. See the official documentation for more details.

Advisories and patches

Detection

read 2026-10-23 19:23 UTC
Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
1 repository, unverifiedyardenbenita/CVE-2023-52356-libtiff-analysis
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

  • CISA-ADPSSVC decisionpoc2024-01-28
  • OpenCVESSVC decisionpoc—
  • CNACVSS 3.17.5read 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 3.17.5read 2026-10-23
  • CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-122read 2026-10-23
  • NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-787read 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score2.2 %2026-10-22
  • PoC-in-GitHubproof of concept1read 2026-10-23

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
2024-01-25
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-52356?

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.

Is CVE-2023-52356 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2023-52356, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-52356?

CVE-2023-52356 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

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