Out-of-bounds Read in Libtiff
CVE-2022-2867
libtiff's tiffcrop utility has a uint32_t underflow that can lead to out of bounds read and write. An attacker who supplies a crafted file to tiffcrop (likely via tricking a user to run tiffcrop on it with certain parameters) could cause a crash or in some cases, further exploitation.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (22.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 22nd percentile — 22.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Libtiff
- Debian Linux — versions 10.0, 11.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 35, 36
- Libtiff — versions libtiff 4.4.0rc1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00018.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5333 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-2867?
- CVE-2022-2867 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libtiff, classified under Integer Underflow. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-08-17.
- How severe is CVE-2022-2867?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.