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Vulnerability · Published Mar 3, 2023 · Assigned by GitLab

CVE-2022-4645

Medium 6.8

In plain English

A medium-severity out-of-bounds read in libtiff from libtiff. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 37% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.8Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 63.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

LibTIFF 4.4.0 has an out-of-bounds read in tiffcp in tools/tiffcp.c:948, allowing attackers to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted tiff file. For users that compile libtiff from sources, the fix is available with commit e8131125.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8libtiff4.0.9-31.el8ALSA-2024:3059
AlmaLinux:9libtiff4.4.0-7.el9ALSA-2023:2340
AlmaLinux:8libtiff-devel4.0.9-31.el8ALSA-2024:3059
AlmaLinux:9libtiff-devel4.4.0-7.el9ALSA-2023:2340
AlmaLinux:8libtiff-tools4.0.9-31.el8ALSA-2024:3059
AlmaLinux:9libtiff-tools4.4.0-7.el9ALSA-2023:2340
Debian:12tiff4.4.0-5DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4645
Debian:13tiff4.4.0-5DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4645
Debian:14tiff4.4.0-5DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4645
Rocky Linux:8libtiff0:4.0.9-31.el8RLSA-2024:3059
Ubuntu:22.04:LTStiff4.3.0-6ubuntu0.2UBUNTU-CVE-2022-4645

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
libtiff libtiff <=4.4.0

Weakness: CWE-125 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

References