ALPINE-CVE-2022-2869 — Vulnetix

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ALPINE-CVE-2022-2869 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

libtiff's tiffcrop tool has a uint32_t underflow which leads to out of bounds read and write in the extractContigSamples8bits routine. An attacker who supplies a crafted file to tiffcrop could trigger this flaw, most likely by tricking a user into opening the crafted file with tiffcrop. Triggering this flaw could cause a crash or potentially further exploitation.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1

5.5

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

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Alpine:v3.23	tiff	0, 4.3.0-r1, 4.3.0-r0
Alpine:v3.18	tiff	4.0.9-r5, 4.3.0-r1, 4.3.0-r0
Alpine:v3.20	tiff	0, 4.0.9-r6, 4.0.9-r7
Alpine:v3.17	tiff	4.0.3-r2, 4.0.9-r6, 4.0.9-r7
Alpine:v3.15	tiff	4.0.9-r4, 4.3.0-r1, 4.3.0-r0
Alpine:v3.21	tiff	4.2.0-r1, 0, 3.8.2-r0
Alpine:v3.13	tiff	4.2.0-r0, 4.3.0-r0, 3.8.2-r1
Alpine:v3.14	tiff	4.0.9-r0, 4.0.7-r0, 4.3.0-r0
Alpine:v3.22	tiff	4.0.7-r0, 4.0.6-r3, 4.0.6-r2
Alpine:v3.19	tiff	4.0.9-r4, 4.0.9-r6, 4.0.9-r7
Alpine:v3.16	tiff	4.0.9-r5, 4.3.0-r1, 4.3.0-r0

Timeline

Aug 17, 2022 CVE Published
Dec 3, 2025 CVE Updated
Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch

References

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-2869 advisory

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