Out-of-bounds Write Affecting tiff package, versions <4.3.0-6ubuntu0.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.25% (65th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2204-TIFF-3062928
  • published26 Oct 2022
  • disclosed21 Oct 2022

Introduced: 21 Oct 2022

CVE-2022-3598  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:22.04 tiff to version 4.3.0-6ubuntu0.2 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:22.04 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.

CVSS Scores

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