NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libtiff-tools-debuginfo package, versions <0:4.4.0-4.amzn2023.0.3


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.23% (61st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-LIBTIFFTOOLSDEBUGINFO-3345177
  • published7 Mar 2023
  • disclosed11 Mar 2022

Introduced: 11 Mar 2022

CVE-2022-0907  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 libtiff-tools-debuginfo to version 0:4.4.0-4.amzn2023.0.3 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2023-050.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libtiff-tools-debuginfo package and not the libtiff-tools-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

Unchecked Return Value to NULL Pointer Dereference in tiffcrop in libtiff 4.3.0 allows 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 f2b656e2.

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