Out-of-bounds Write Affecting libtiff-debuginfo package, versions <0:4.0.3-35.amzn2.0.28


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (10th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-LIBTIFFDEBUGINFO-15058153
  • published22 Jan 2026
  • disclosed21 Oct 2022

Introduced: 21 Oct 2022

CVE-2022-3598  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 libtiff-debuginfo to version 0:4.0.3-35.amzn2.0.28 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2026-3130.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libtiff-debuginfo package and not the libtiff-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

LibTIFF 4.4.0 has an out-of-bounds write in extractContigSamplesShifted24bits in tools/tiffcrop.c:3604, allowing attackers to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted tiff file. For users that compile libtiff from sources, the fix is available with commit cfbb883b.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1