What is CVE-2022-40090?

CVE-2022-40090 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libtiff, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-08-22.

How severe is CVE-2022-40090?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-40090 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Libtiff

CVE-2022-40090

An issue was discovered in function TIFFReadDirectory libtiff before 4.4.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted TIFF file.

EPSS: 0.008 (53.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Libtiff
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-835 — Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

firmianay/security-issues

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-40090?: CVE-2022-40090 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libtiff, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-08-22.
How severe is CVE-2022-40090?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-40090 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.