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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.5

CVE-2022-0561 json

Null source pointer passed as an argument to memcpy() function within TIFFFetchStripThing() in...

published 2022-02-11 4 y ago modified 2026-07-23 3 mo ago also EUVD-2022-15680 , JLSEC-2025-260

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.3%
EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 69%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Null source pointer passed as an argument to memcpy() function within TIFFFetchStripThing() in tif_dirread.c in libtiff versions from 3.9.0 to 4.3.0 could lead to Denial of Service via crafted TIFF file. For users that compile libtiff from sources, the fix is available with commit eecb0712.

Patch / fix

  • julia Libtiff_jll 4.4.0+0
  • tiff Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.3.0-4

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0561

  • 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-2022-0561

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 +26 more 4.0.9-150000.45.16.1
  • tiff SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP5 +6 more 4.0.9-44.56.1
  • 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-2022:3690-1SUSE-SU-2022:3679-1SUSE-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-2022-0561

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-8527

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

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-0561 updated cvss 5.5

libtiff: Denial of Service via crafted TIFF file

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libtiff, libtiff-tools
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • 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 Enterprise Linux 6 libtiff Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 compat-libtiff3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 compat-libtiff3
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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

1.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • gitlab.com https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/362 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
OSV 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/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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