Medium 6.5Published Jun 19, 2023

CVE-2023-3316A NULL pointer dereference in TIFFClose() is caused by a failure to open an output file (non-existent path or a path that requires permissions like /dev/null) while specifying zones.

Updated under an hour ago (Nov 2, 2026, 12:23 AM ET)

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A NULL pointer dereference in TIFFClose() is caused by a failure to open an output file (non-existent path or a path that requires permissions like /dev/null) while specifying zones.

CVSS: 6.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-476
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 17, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

libtiff libtiff libtiff:libtiff	from 3.9.0 before 4.5.1	NVD

References

References

https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/515	exploit, patch, third-party-advisory
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/468	patch, third-party-advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00034.html
https://research.jfrog.com/vulnerabilities/libtiff-nullderef-dos-xray-522144/	exploit, third-party-advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00019.html

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