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CVE-2022-0891 json

A heap buffer overflow in ExtractImageSection function in tiffcrop.c in libtiff library Version...

published 4y ago modified 3mo ago also EUVD-2022-15927 , JLSEC-2025-263

cvss
6.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.5%
EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 75%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A heap buffer overflow in ExtractImageSection function in tiffcrop.c in libtiff library Version 4.3.0 allows attacker to trigger unsafe or out of bounds memory access via crafted TIFF image file which could result into application crash, potential information disclosure or any other context-dependent impact

Patch / fix

  • julia Libtiff_jll 4.4.0+0
  • tiff Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.3.0-6

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0891

  • tiff Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.5
  • tiff Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.3
  • tiff Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm1
  • tiff Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-0891

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libtiff RHEL 9 4.4.0-2.el9
  • libtiff-tools RHEL 9 4.4.0-2.el9
  • libtiff RHEL 8 4.0.9-23.el8
  • libtiff-tools RHEL 8 4.0.9-23.el8

red hat advisories RHSA-2022:8194RHSA-2022:7585

  • tiff SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES for SAP 15 +24 more 4.0.9-150000.45.8.1
  • tiff SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 4.0.9-44.48.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:1882-1SUSE-SU-2022:1667-1

  • tiff openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.3.0-2.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:12057-1

  • libtiff AlmaLinux 9 4.4.0-2.el9
  • libtiff-tools AlmaLinux 9 4.4.0-2.el9
  • libtiff AlmaLinux 8 4.0.9-23.el8
  • libtiff-tools AlmaLinux 8 4.0.9-23.el8

almalinux advisories ALSA-2022:8194ALSA-2022:7585

  • libtiff Rocky Linux 8 4.0.9-23.el8

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2022:7585

  • tiff Alpine 3.14, Alpine 3.13 4.3.0-r0
  • tiff Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +7 more 4.3.0-r1

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2022-0891

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libtiff CBL-Mariner 2.0 4.3.0-2

azure linux advisories AZL-8968

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

  • libtiff Arch Linux 4.3.0-2
  • lib32-libtiff Arch Linux 4.3.0-2

arch linux advisories AVG-2658AVG-2659

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2022-0891 updated cvss 6.1

libtiff: heap buffer overflow in extractImageSection

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libtiff Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libtiff, libtiff-tools, compat-libtiff3
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 mingw-libtiff, compat-libtiff3, mingw32-libtiff, mingw64-libtiff
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) libtiff-tools 4.0.9-23.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:7585
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) libtiff-tools 4.4.0-2.el9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:8194
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) libtiff 4.0.9-23.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:7585
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) libtiff 4.4.0-2.el9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:8194

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • gitlab.com https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/380 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • gitlab.com https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/382 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
OSV 3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
julia Libtiff_jll
<4.4.0+0
4.4.0+0

Affected products

  • libtiff libtiff

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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