Vulnerability · Published Aug 31, 2022 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2022-2520
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in libtiff. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.3% (higher than 70% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.3%top 30.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A flaw was found in libtiff 4.4.0rc1. There is a sysmalloc assertion fail in rotateImage() at tiffcrop.c:8621 that can cause program crash when reading a crafted input.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | libtiff | 4.0.9-26.el8_7 | ALSA-2023:0095 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | libtiff | 4.4.0-5.el9_1 | ALSA-2023:0302 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | libtiff-devel | 4.0.9-26.el8_7 | ALSA-2023:0095 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | libtiff-devel | 4.4.0-5.el9_1 | ALSA-2023:0302 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | libtiff-tools | 4.0.9-26.el8_7 | ALSA-2023:0095 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | libtiff-tools | 4.4.0-5.el9_1 | ALSA-2023:0302 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | tiff | 4.4.0-r1 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-2520 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | tiff | 4.4.0-r1 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-2520 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | tiff | 4.4.0-r1 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-2520 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | tiff | 4.4.0-r1 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-2520 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | tiff | 4.4.0-r1 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-2520 |
| Debian:12 | tiff | 4.4.0-6 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-2520 |
| Debian:13 | tiff | 4.4.0-6 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-2520 |
| Debian:14 | tiff | 4.4.0-6 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-2520 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | libtiff | 0:4.0.9-26.el8_7 | RLSA-2023:0095 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | libtiff | 0:4.4.0-5.el9_1 | RLSA-2023:0302 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-131