CVE-2022-2868 (GCVE-0-2022-2868)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-08-17 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 00:52
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Summary
libtiff's tiffcrop utility has a improper input validation flaw that can lead to out of bounds read and ultimately cause a crash if an attacker is able to supply a crafted file to tiffcrop.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1020 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a libtiff Affected: libtiff 4.4.0rc1
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