Is CVE-2023-6228 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-6228 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-6228?

CVE-2023-6228 has a CVSS v3 base score of 3.3 (LOW).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-6228?

CVE-2023-6228 has an EPSS score of 0.40% (32th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-6228?

Upgrade tiff on debian 13 to 4.7.0-1 or later. Fixes are available for 17 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-6228

LOW

3.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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.

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write

How to fix

Remediation Available

tiffDebian

Fixed in:4.7.0-1CVE-2023-6228

libtiffRocky

Fixed in:0:4.0.9-32.el8_10RHSA-2024:5079

Fixed in:0:4.4.0-12.el9RHSA-2024:2289

libtiffRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:4.0.9-32.el8_10RHSA-2024:5079

Fixed in:0:4.4.0-12.el9RHSA-2024:2289

libtiff-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:4.0.9-32.el8_10RHSA-2024:5079

Fixed in:0:4.4.0-12.el9RHSA-2024:2289

libtiff-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:4.0.9-32.el8_10RHSA-2024:5079

Fixed in:0:4.4.0-12.el9RHSA-2024:2289

libtiff-debugsourceRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:4.0.9-32.el8_10RHSA-2024:5079

Fixed in:0:4.4.0-12.el9RHSA-2024:2289

libtiff-debugsourceRocky

Fixed in:0:4.0.9-32.el8_10RHSA-2024:5079

Fixed in:0:4.4.0-12.el9RHSA-2024:2289

libtiff-develRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:4.0.9-32.el8_10RHSA-2024:5079

Fixed in:0:4.4.0-12.el9RHSA-2024:2289

libtiff-develRocky

Fixed in:0:4.0.9-32.el8_10RHSA-2024:5079

Fixed in:0:4.4.0-12.el9RHSA-2024:2289

libtiff-toolsRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:4.0.9-32.el8_10RHSA-2024:5079

Fixed in:0:4.4.0-12.el9RHSA-2024:2289

libtiff-toolsRocky

Fixed in:0:4.0.9-32.el8_10RHSA-2024:5079

Fixed in:0:4.4.0-12.el9RHSA-2024:2289

libtiff-tools-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:4.0.9-32.el8_10RHSA-2024:5079

Fixed in:0:4.4.0-12.el9RHSA-2024:2289

libtiff-tools-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:4.0.9-32.el8_10RHSA-2024:5079

Fixed in:0:4.4.0-12.el9RHSA-2024:2289

libtiff-toolsUbuntu

Fixed in:4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm12USN-6644-1

Fixed in:4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm15USN-6644-1

Fixed in:4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm5USN-6644-1

Fixed in:4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.12USN-6644-1

Fixed in:4.3.0-6ubuntu0.8USN-6644-2

Fixed in:4.5.1+git230720-1ubuntu1.1USN-6644-1

libtiff5Ubuntu

Fixed in:4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm12USN-6644-1

Fixed in:4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm15USN-6644-1

Fixed in:4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm5USN-6644-1

Fixed in:4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.12USN-6644-1

Fixed in:4.3.0-6ubuntu0.8USN-6644-2

libtiff6Ubuntu

Fixed in:4.5.1+git230720-1ubuntu1.1USN-6644-1

tiffUbuntu

Fixed in:4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm12USN-6644-1

Fixed in:4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm15USN-6644-1

Fixed in:4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm5USN-6644-1

Fixed in:4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.12USN-6644-1

Fixed in:4.3.0-6ubuntu0.8USN-6644-2

Fixed in:4.5.1+git230720-1ubuntu1.1USN-6644-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityLow

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.40%probability of exploitation in 30 days

32ndpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 32% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory2

Other references2

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2025-22457	Critical	9.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2025-0282	Critical	9.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2015-3113	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-20038	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2023-4863	High	8.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-16040	Medium	6.5	100%	-	Fix

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