CVE-2022-2869
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.03%
Description
libtiff's tiffcrop tool has a uint32_t underflow which leads to out of bounds read and write in the extractContigSamples8bits routine. An attacker who supplies a crafted file to tiffcrop could trigger this flaw, most likely by tricking a user into opening the crafted file with tiffcrop. Triggering this flaw could cause a crash or potentially further exploitation.
How to fix CVE-2022-2869
To remediate CVE-2022-2869, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 4.4.0-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 4.2.0-1+deb11u3 or later
Is CVE-2022-2869 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 4.4.0-r0
- from 0, < 4.2.0-1+deb11u3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |