#VU69400 Reachable Assertion in LibTIFF - CVE-2022-2520

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#VU69400 Reachable Assertion in LibTIFF - CVE-2022-2520

Published: November 17, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU69400
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2520
CWE-ID: CWE-617
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
LibTIFF
Software vendor:
LibTIFF

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to a reachable assertion within the rotateImage() function in tiffcrop.c. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted file to the application, trigger assertion failure and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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