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high 7.7

CVE-2022-0908 json

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

published 2022-03-11 4 y ago modified 2026-07-23 3 mo ago also EUVD-2022-15938 , JLSEC-2025-265

cvss
7.7
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 TIFFFetchNormalTag () in tif_dirread.c in libtiff versions up to 4.3.0 could lead to Denial of Service via crafted TIFF file.

Patch / fix

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

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0908

  • tiff Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.6
  • tiff Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.4
  • tiff Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm2
  • tiff Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-0908

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-2022-0908

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-9021

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-2022-0908 updated cvss 5.5

tiff: Null source pointer passed as an argument to memcpy in TIFFFetchNormalTag() in tif_dirread.c

  • 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/383 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/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

  • TIFF Software Distribution libtiff

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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