CVE-2022-2953 MEDIUM

CVE-2022-2953

Vendor Libtiff
Product libtiff
Published August 29, 2022
Last update August 3, 2024

CVSS base score

5.5/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

LibTIFF 4.4.0 has an out-of-bounds read in extractImageSection in tools/tiffcrop.c:6905, 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 48d6ece8.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 29, 2022 CVE published
August 3, 2024 Record updated