Medium severity · published Aug 29, 2022
CVE-2022-2953
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
5.5
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 47% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
11.0 · source: NVD
LI
Libtiff · Libtiff
through 4.4.0 · source: NVD
OS
Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2953
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2953
Exploit
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-2953.json
Patch
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/48d6ece8389b01129e7d357f0985c8f938ce3da3
Exploit
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/414
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221014-0008/
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5333
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