Medium severity · published Jan 23, 2023
CVE-2022-48281
processCropSelections in tools/tiffcrop.c in LibTIFF through 4.5.0 has a heap-based buffer overflow (e.g., "WRITE of size 307203") via a crafted TIFF image
5.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
processCropSelections in tools/tiffcrop.c in LibTIFF through 4.5.0 has a heap-based buffer overflow (e.g., "WRITE of size 307203") via a crafted TIFF image.
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)0.4% · higher than 38% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0; 11.0 · source: NVD
LI
Libtiff · Libtiff
through 4.5.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48281
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48281
Patch
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/d1b6b9c1b3cae2d9e37754506c1ad8f4f7b646b5
Exploit
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/488
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00037.html
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-31
security.netapp.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230302-0004/
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5333
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