CVE-2022-1622
MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 11, 2022 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:22 AM UTC
7 products affected across 4 vendorsmacOSFedoraiPhone OS
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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
LibTIFF master branch has an out-of-bounds read in LZWDecode in libtiff/tif_lzw.c:619, 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 b4e79bfa.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 16.0
Affected range stops below 16.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
11.0 ≤ v < 11.712.0 ≤ v < 12.6
Affected range stops below 11.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 12.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 16.0
Affected range stops below 16.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 9.0
Affected range stops below 9.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
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/b4e79bfa0c7d2d08f6f1e7ec38143fc8cb11394a
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C7IWZTB4J2N4F5OR5QY4VHDSKWKZSWN3/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UXAFOP6QQRNZD3HPZ6BMCEZZOM4YIZMK/
References (15)
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41Third Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-1622.jsonPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/b4e79bfa0c7d2d08f6f1e7ec38143fc8cb11394aCVSS
5.5MEDIUMGitLab
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125
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