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CVE-2022-0908
Null source pointer passed as an argument to memcpy() function within TIFFFetchNormalTag () in tif_dirread.c in libtiff versions up to…
High7.7EPSS 1.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- GitLab
Description
Null source pointer passed as an argument to memcpy() function within TIFFFetchNormalTag () in tif_dirread.c in libtiff versions up to 4.3.0 could lead to Denial of Service via crafted TIFF file.
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitLab
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitLabCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 30% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.7.
Weakness
- Null pointer dereference in libtiff
- CWE-476 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-476 and its CVEs
Affected products
TIFF Software Distribution · libtiff
- affected <=4.3.0
References (8)
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/383 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/a95b799f65064e4ba2e2dfc206808f86faf93e85 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-0908.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
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220506-0002/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- GLSA-202210-10 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_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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