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CVE-2022-1210 json

LibTIFF tiff2ps resource consumption

published 2022-04-03 4 y ago modified 2026-07-18 3 mo ago also EUVD-2022-24550 , JLSEC-2025-268

cvss
4.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.8%
EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in LibTIFF 4.3.0. Affected by this vulnerability is the TIFF File Handler of tiff2ps. Opening a malicious file leads to a denial of service. The attack can be launched remotely but requires user interaction. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Patch / fix

  • julia Libtiff_jll 4.4.0+0
  • jbigkit Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 2.1-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.1
  • jbigkit Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 2.1-3.1ubuntu0.20.04.1
  • jbigkit Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 2.1-3.1ubuntu0.22.04.1
  • jbigkit Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 2.0-2ubuntu4.1+esm1
  • jbigkit Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 2.1-3.1ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1210

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

  • jbigkit Linux Micro 6.1 2.1-slfo.1.1_2.1
  • jbigkit Linux Micro 6.0 2.1-4.1
  • jbigkit SLE Real Time 15 SP4, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5, SLE Micro 5.5 +7 more 2.1-150000.3.5.1
  • jbigkit SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 2.0-14.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:20663-1SUSE-SU-2025:20509-1SUSE-SU-2024:2379-1SUSE-SU-2023:4969-1SUSE-SU-2023:4968-1

  • jbigkit openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.1-5.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:13520-1

  • libtiff CBL-Mariner 2.0 4.4.0-1

azure linux advisories AZL-9302

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

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-2022-1210 updated cvss 4.3

tiff: Malicious file leads to a denial of service in TIFF File Handler

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libtiff Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libtiff, libtiff-tools, compat-libtiff3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 libtiff, libtiff-tools, compat-libtiff3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 libtiff, libtiff-tools
    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

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
18 mo ago

Exploit prediction

1.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • gitlab.com https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/402 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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

  • unspecified LibTIFF

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
  • CWE-404 Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

References

Sources

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