Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2022-4645 |
CWE-ID | CWE-125 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
LibTIFF Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products |
Vendor | LibTIFF |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU73915
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-4645
CWE-ID:
CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within tools/tiffcp.c. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted TIFF file to the application using the affected library, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
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Vulnerable software versionsLibTIFF: 4.0 - 4.6.1
External linkshttp://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/e813112545942107551433d61afd16ac094ff246
http://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/277
http://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-4645.json
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BA6GRCAQ7NR2OK5N44UQRGUJBIYKWJJH/
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2ZTFA6GGOKFPIQNHDBMXYUR4XUXUJESE/
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OLM763GGZVVOAXIQXG6YGTYJ5VFYNECQ/
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.