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GHSA-6cg2-4798-gw4g
GHSA-6cg2-4798-gw4g
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published October 21, 2022
LibTIFF 4.4.0 has an out-of-bounds read in writeSingleSection in tools/tiffcrop.c:7345, 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.
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Timeline
- Oct 21, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 10, 2026 Security Advisory
- May 1, 2026 Distribution Patch
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References
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-3599.json url
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/e813112545942107551433d61afd16ac094ff246 url
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5333 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3599 advisory
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/398 url
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00018.html url
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230110-0001 url