High severity · published Nov 13, 2022
CVE-2022-3970
A vulnerability was found in LibTIFF
8.8
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability was found in LibTIFF. It has been classified as critical. This affects the function TIFFReadRGBATileExt of the file libtiff/tif_getimage.c. The manipulation leads to integer overflow. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The name of the patch is 227500897dfb07fb7d27f7aa570050e62617e3be. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-213549 was assigned to this vulnerability.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 71% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IO
iOS · Apple
before 16.6 · source: NVD
MA
macOS · Apple
before 13.5 · source: NVD
AI
Active IQ Unified Manager · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0 · source: NVD
LI
Libtiff · Libtiff
before 4.5.0 · source: NVD
SA
Safari · Apple
before 16.5.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3970
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3970
Exploit
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=53137
Patch
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/227500897dfb07fb7d27f7aa570050e62617e3be
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00018.html
Product
https://oss-fuzz.com/download?testcase_id=5738253143900160
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221215-0009/
Release Notes
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213841
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