---
id: CVE-2023-3428
title: 'Imagemagick: heap-buffer-overflow in coders/tiff.c'
summary: >-
  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.
severity: medium
cvss: 6.2
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'
cvssSource: cna
cwe:
  - CWE-122
vendor: Red Hat
product: ImageMagick
affected:
  - ImageMagick
  - ImageMagick
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2024-07-09T15:44:06.374854Z'
published: '2023-10-04'
updated: '2026-11-07'
sourceUpdated: '2026-11-07T11:31:56.640Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3428'
references:
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3428'
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2218369'
    label: RHBZ#2218369
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00314
epssPercentile: 0.24428
ingestedAt: '2026-11-07T12:16:41.119Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Affected

- `ImageMagick`
- `ImageMagick`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.