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GHSA-Q8FQ-52X5-P228

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-10-21 19:01 – Updated: 2025-05-07 18:30

Details

LibTIFF 4.4.0 has an out-of-bounds write in _TIFFmemset in libtiff/tif_unix.c:340 when called from processCropSelections, tools/tiffcrop.c:7619, 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.

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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CVE-2022-3626 (GCVE-0-2022-3626)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-10-21 00:00 – Updated: 2025-05-07 15:07

Summary

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-05-07 15:00 UTC

CWE

Out-of-bounds write in libtiff
CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write

Assigner

GitLab CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 75/100 over 312 records in the last 180 days details

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/426
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/236b7…
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/…
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-2023011…
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023…	mailing-list

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
libtiff	libtiff	Affected: <=4.4.0

Credits

wangdw.augustus@gmail.com

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