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CVE-2022-2869
libtiff's tiffcrop tool has a uint32_t underflow which leads to out of bounds read and write in the extractContigSamples8bits routine. An…
Medium5.5EPSS 0.32%
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- redhat
Description
libtiff's tiffcrop tool has a uint32_t underflow which leads to out of bounds read and write in the extractContigSamples8bits routine. An attacker who supplies a crafted file to tiffcrop could trigger this flaw, most likely by tricking a user into opening the crafted file with tiffcrop. Triggering this flaw could cause a crash or potentially further exploitation.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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)
- 0.32% · top 75% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
libtiff
- affected libtiff 4.4.0rc1
References (3)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2118869 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20230120 [SECURITY] [DLA 3278-1] tiff security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- DSA-5333 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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