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Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting libtiff-devel package, versions <0:4.0.9-26.el8_7

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.07% (31st percentile)
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NVD
5.5 medium
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Red Hat
5.5 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-LIBTIFFDEVEL-3045465
  • published 14 Oct 2022
  • disclosed 29 Aug 2022
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Introduced: 29 Aug 2022

CVE-2022-2953 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-122 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 libtiff-devel to version 0:4.0.9-26.el8_7 or higher.

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 Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

LibTIFF 4.4.0 has an out-of-bounds read in extractImageSection in tools/tiffcrop.c:6905, 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 48d6ece8.