#VU63376 Division by zero in LibTIFF - CVE-2022-0909
Published: May 18, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU63376
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0909
CWE-ID: CWE-369
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
LibTIFF
LibTIFF
Software vendor:
LibTIFF
LibTIFF
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a division by zero error in the tiffcrop component. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted TIFF file to the application and crash it.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
External links
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/310
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/393
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-0909.json
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5108
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZQ4E654ZYUUUQNBKYQFXNK2CV3CPWTM2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RNT2GFNRLOMKJ5KXM6JIHKBNBFDVZPD3/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220506-0002/