Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libtiff-devel package, versions <0:4.4.0-1.amzn2022.0.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2022-LIBTIFFDEVEL-3102919
  • published4 Nov 2022
  • disclosed11 May 2022

Introduced: 11 May 2022

CVE-2022-1623  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2022 libtiff-devel to version 0:4.4.0-1.amzn2022.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2022-2022-183.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libtiff-devel package and not the libtiff-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2022 relevant fixed versions and status.

LibTIFF master branch has an out-of-bounds read in LZWDecode in libtiff/tif_lzw.c:624, 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 b4e79bfa.

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