Out-of-bounds read in LibTIFF - CVE-2022-1623

Vulnerability identifier: #VU63824

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-1623

CWE-ID:

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in LZWDecode() function in libtiff/tif_lzw.c:624. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted TIFF file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds read error and perform a denial of service attack.

LibTIFF
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
openEuler
Fedora
Data Lakehouse
tiff (Debian package)
libtiff
libtiff-debugsource
libtiff-debuginfo
libtiff-devel
libtiff-help
media-libs/tiff
Dell PowerProtect Cyber Recovery

Install updates from vendor's website.

LibTIFF - update to 4.4.0
Data Lakehouse - update to 1.1.0.0
tiff (Debian package) - update to 4.2.0-1+deb11u3
libtiff - update to 4.3.0-1
libtiff-debugsource - update to 4.3.0-1
libtiff-debuginfo - update to 4.3.0-1
libtiff-devel - update to 4.3.0-1
libtiff-help - update to 4.3.0-1
media-libs/tiff - update to 4.4.0
libtiff - addressed in versions 4.4.0-1.fc34, 4.4.0-1.fc35, 4.4.0-1.fc36
libtiff - update to 4.4.0-4
Dell PowerProtect Cyber Recovery - update to 19.14.0.1

• https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/b4e79bfa0c7d2d08f6f1e7ec38143fc8cb11394a
• https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/410
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-1623.json

• Multiple vulnerabilities in LibTIFF
• Gentoo update for LibTIFF
• Debian update for tiff
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell PowerProtect Cyber Recovery
• openEuler update for libtiff
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell Data Lakehouse System Software
• Amazon Linux AMI update for libtiff
• Fedora 35 update for libtiff
• Fedora 36 update for libtiff
• Fedora 34 update for libtiff