CVE-2022-2521
MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 31, 2022 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:42 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxLibTIFF
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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
It was found in libtiff 4.4.0rc1 that there is an invalid pointer free operation in TIFFClose() at tif_close.c:131 called by tiffcrop.c:2522 that can cause a program crash and denial of service while processing crafted input.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (3)
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/422ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/378Vendor AdvisoryThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5333CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-763
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