LibTIFF 4.4.0 OOB Read in tiffcrop causes DoS
CVE-2022-2953 Published on August 29, 2022

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.

Vendor Advisory NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2022-2953 can be exploited with local system access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
REQUIRED
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
NONE
Integrity Impact:
NONE
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Products Associated with CVE-2022-2953

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Libtiff
 
Canonical Ubuntu Linux
 
NetApp Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility
 
Debian Linux
 

Affected Versions

libtiff Version <=4.4.0 is affected by CVE-2022-2953

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.03%
Percentile
7.32%

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