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Out-of-bounds Read Affecting tiff package, versions <4.2.0-1+deb11u3

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Availability High
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NVD
5.5 medium
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5.5 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-TIFF-3008946
  • published 30 Aug 2022
  • disclosed 29 Aug 2022
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Introduced: 29 Aug 2022

CVE-2022-2953 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-125 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 tiff to version 4.2.0-1+deb11u3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tiff package and not the tiff package as distributed by Debian:11. See How to fix? for Debian:11 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.