CVE-2022-2521

It was found in libtiff 4.4.0rc1 that there is an invalid pointer free operation in TIFFClose() at tif_close.c:131 called by tiffcrop.c:2522 that can cause a program crash and denial of service while processing crafted input.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/422	Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/378	Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5333	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:4.4.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2022-08-31 16:15

Updated : 2024-02-28 19:29

NVD link : CVE-2022-2521

Mitre link : CVE-2022-2521

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-2521

JSON object : View

Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

libtiff

libtiff

CWE

CWE-763

Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference

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