LibTIFF 4.4.0 has an out-of-bounds write in _TIFFmemcpy in libtiff/tif_unix.c:346 when called from extractImageSection,…

Description

LibTIFF 4.4.0 has an out-of-bounds write in _TIFFmemcpy in libtiff/tif_unix.c:346 when called from extractImageSection, tools/tiffcrop.c:6826, allowing attackers to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted tiff file. For users that compile libtiff from sources, the fix is available with commit 236b7191.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.3% · top 30% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.

Weakness

• Out-of-bounds read in libtiff
• CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-787 and its CVEs

Affected products

• libtiff · libtiff

  • affected <=4.4.0

References (6)

• https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/236b7191f04c60d09ee836ae13b50f812c841047 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
• https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/413 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-3597.json (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230110-0001/ (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

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)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 7 May 2025, 20:49 UTC.