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CVE-2022-0891
A heap buffer overflow in ExtractImageSection function in tiffcrop.c in libtiff library Version 4.3.0 allows attacker to trigger unsafe or…
Medium6.1EPSS 1.5%
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Description
A heap buffer overflow in ExtractImageSection function in tiffcrop.c in libtiff library Version 4.3.0 allows attacker to trigger unsafe or out of bounds memory access via crafted TIFF image file which could result into application crash, potential information disclosure or any other context-dependent impact
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitLabCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.5% · top 25% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.1.
Weakness
- Heap-based buffer overflow in libtiff
- CWE-787 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-787 and its CVEs
Affected products
References (9)
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/380 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/382 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://gitlab.com/freedesktop-sdk/mirrors/gitlab/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/232282fd8f9c21eefe8d2d2b96cdbbb172fe7b7c (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-0891.json (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- DSA-5108 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2022-e2996202a0 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2022-c39720a0ed (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- GLSA-202210-10 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221228-0008/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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