Out-of-bounds Write Affecting tiff package, versions <4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.6
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EPSS
0.22% (60th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU2004-TIFF-3062927
- published 26 Oct 2022
- disclosed 21 Oct 2022
Introduced: 21 Oct 2022
CVE-2022-3598 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 tiff to version 4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.6 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.
LibTIFF 4.4.0 has an out-of-bounds write in extractContigSamplesShifted24bits in tools/tiffcrop.c:3604, 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 cfbb883b.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2022-3598
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-3598.json
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/435
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/cfbb883bf6ea7bedcb04177cc4e52d304522fdff
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230110-0001/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00018.html
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