CVE-2023-3428 Imagemagick: heap-buffer-overflow in coders/tiff.c

Medium 6.2 Published Updated

A heap-based buffer overflow in ImageMagick allows local attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted TIFF file.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2023-3428?

CVE-2023-3428 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Fedoraproject Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux, published on 4 Oct 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in coders/tiff.c in ImageMagick. This issue may allow a local attacker to trick the user into opening a specially crafted file, resulting in an application crash and denial of service.

Weakness: CWE-787, CWE-122

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-3428?

It affects 3 products.

Linux distribution packages (1)
ImageMagick openSUSE:TumbleweedAll versions7.1.1.12-1.1

Products include Fedoraproject Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Imagemagick Imagemagick.

How do I fix CVE-2023-3428?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2023-3428 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-3428 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Fedoraproject Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2023-3428, GHSA-c2rg-gpv2-725v, JLSEC-2026-908, OESA-2023-1442, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3428, openSUSE-SU-2024:13030-1.

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