Vulnerability · Published Apr 3, 2022 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2022-1210LibTIFF tiff2ps resource consumption

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity uncontrolled resource consumption in LibTIFF from unspecified. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.8% (higher than 79% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.8%top 20.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in LibTIFF 4.3.0. Affected by this vulnerability is the TIFF File Handler of tiff2ps. Opening a malicious file leads to a denial of service. The attack can be launched remotely but requires user interaction. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12tiffno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2022-1210
Debian:13tiffno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2022-1210
Debian:14tiffno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2022-1210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSjbigkit2.1-3.1ubuntu0.22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1210

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
unspecified LibTIFF 4.3.0

Weakness: CWE-400 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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