Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input Affecting libtiff5 package, versions <4.0.9-150000.45.16.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-LIBTIFF5-3059735
  • published22 Oct 2022
  • disclosed21 Oct 2022

Introduced: 21 Oct 2022

CVE-2022-2868  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 libtiff5 to version 4.0.9-150000.45.16.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libtiff5 package and not the libtiff5 package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

libtiff's tiffcrop utility has a improper input validation flaw that can lead to out of bounds read and ultimately cause a crash if an attacker is able to supply a crafted file to tiffcrop.

CVSS Scores

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