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CVE-2022-0865 json

Reachable Assertion in tiffcp in libtiff 4.3.0 allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service via a...

published 2022-03-07 4 y ago modified 2026-07-23 3 mo ago also EUVD-2022-15907 , JLSEC-2025-262

cvss
5.5
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 74%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Reachable Assertion in tiffcp in libtiff 4.3.0 allows 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 5e180045.

Patch / fix

  • julia Libtiff_jll 4.4.0+0
  • tiff Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.3.0-5

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0865

  • tiff Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.5
  • tiff Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.3

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-0865

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-2022-0865

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-8967

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-2022-0865 updated cvss 6.2

libtiff: reachable assertion

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libtiff Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libtiff, libtiff-tools, compat-libtiff3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 mingw-libtiff, compat-libtiff3, mingw32-libtiff, mingw64-libtiff
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Applications that do not parse files from untrusted/malicious sources will not be affected by this vulnerability.”
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) libtiff-tools 4.0.9-23.el8
    fixed: vendor fix “Applications that do not parse files from untrusted/malicious sources will not be affected by this vulnerability.” RHSA-2022:7585
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) libtiff-tools 4.4.0-2.el9
    fixed: vendor fix “Applications that do not parse files from untrusted/malicious sources will not be affected by this vulnerability.” RHSA-2022:8194
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) libtiff 4.0.9-23.el8
    fixed: vendor fix “Applications that do not parse files from untrusted/malicious sources will not be affected by this vulnerability.” RHSA-2022:7585
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) libtiff 4.4.0-2.el9
    fixed: vendor fix “Applications that do not parse files from untrusted/malicious sources will not be affected by this vulnerability.” 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

1.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • gitlab.com https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/306 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • gitlab.com https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/385 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:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/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 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
julia Libtiff_jll
>=4.3.0+0, <4.4.0+0
4.4.0+0

Affected products

  • libtiff libtiff

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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