CVE-2022-0908
MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 11, 2022 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:21 AM UTC
5 products affected across 5 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraLibTIFF
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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
Null source pointer passed as an argument to memcpy() function within TIFFFetchNormalTag () in tif_dirread.c in libtiff versions up to 4.3.0 could lead to Denial of Service via crafted TIFF file.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%All versions
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/a95b799f65064e4ba2e2dfc206808f86faf93e85
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/383
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RNT2GFNRLOMKJ5KXM6JIHKBNBFDVZPD3/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZQ4E654ZYUUUQNBKYQFXNK2CV3CPWTM2/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-10
References (8)
Third Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-0908.jsonPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/a95b799f65064e4ba2e2dfc206808f86faf93e85ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/383Vendor AdvisoryThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-10Third Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220506-0002/Vendor AdvisoryThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5108CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476
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