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Out-of-bounds Write Affecting tiff package, versions <4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.3

Severity

medium

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.9% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU2004-TIFF-2421456
  • published 12 Mar 2022
  • disclosed 10 Mar 2022
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Introduced: 10 Mar 2022

CVE-2022-0891 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-787 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 tiff to version 4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.3 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

A heap buffer overflow in ExtractImageSection function in tiffcrop.c in libtiff library Version 4.3.0 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

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CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

7.1 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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NVD

7.1 high
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SUSE

7.8 high
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Red Hat

6.1 medium