Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting libtiff-devel package, versions <0:4.4.0-7.el9


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (39th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-LIBTIFFDEVEL-5501606
  • published15 Nov 2022
  • disclosed24 Feb 2022

Introduced: 24 Feb 2022

CVE-2022-3570  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 libtiff-devel to version 0:4.4.0-7.el9 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:2340.

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 RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Multiple heap buffer overflows in tiffcrop.c utility in libtiff library Version 4.4.0 allows attacker to trigger unsafe or out of bounds memory access via crafted TIFF image file which could result into application crash, potential information disclosure or any other context-dependent impact

CVSS Scores

version 3.1