CVE-2022-2521
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.12%
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.
How to fix CVE-2022-2521
To remediate CVE-2022-2521, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/tiff—upgrade to 4.4.0-r3 or later
- Debian/tiff—upgrade to 4.2.0-1+deb11u3 or later
Is CVE-2022-2521 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 4.4.0-r3
- from 0, < 4.2.0-1+deb11u3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |