Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting libtiff-devel package, versions <0:4.4.0-5.el9_1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (38th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-LIBTIFFDEVEL-7865678
  • published3 Sept 2024
  • disclosed29 Aug 2022

Introduced: 29 Aug 2022

CVE-2022-2953  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 libtiff-devel to version 0:4.4.0-5.el9_1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:0302.

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.

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.

CVSS Scores

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