CVE-2022-2953
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.02%
Description
LibTIFF 4.4.0 has an out-of-bounds read in extractImageSection in tools/tiffcrop.c:6905, 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 48d6ece8.
How to fix CVE-2022-2953
To remediate CVE-2022-2953, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/tiff—upgrade to 4.4.0-r1 or later
- —upgrade to 4.2.0-1+deb11u3 or later
Is CVE-2022-2953 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 4.4.0-r1
- 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 |