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CVE-2022-3570 json

Multiple heap buffer overflows in tiffcrop.c utility in libtiff library Version 4.4.0 allows...

published 2022-10-21 4 y ago modified 2026-07-23 3 mo ago also EUVD-2022-42934 , JLSEC-2025-282

cvss
7.7
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 44%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Multiple heap buffer overflows in tiffcrop.c utility in libtiff library Version 4.4.0 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 4.5.1+0
  • tiff Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.4.0-5

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3570

  • tiff Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.8
  • tiff Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.6
  • tiff Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 4.3.0-6ubuntu0.2
  • tiff Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm5
  • tiff Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm6

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3570

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 4.4.0-7.el9
  • libtiff-tools RHEL 9 4.4.0-7.el9

red hat advisories RHSA-2023:2340

  • tiff SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 4.0.9-44.62.1
  • tiff SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES for SAP 15 +27 more 4.0.9-150000.45.22.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:0060-1SUSE-SU-2022:4411-1

  • tiff openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.5.0-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:12604-1

  • libtiff AlmaLinux 9 4.4.0-7.el9
  • libtiff-tools AlmaLinux 9 4.4.0-7.el9

almalinux advisories ALSA-2023:2340

  • tiff Alpine 3.17 4.4.0-r2
  • tiff Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +4 more 4.5.0-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2022-3570

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 4.4.0-5

azure linux advisories AZL-11283

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-2022-3570 updated cvss 5.5

libtiff: heap Buffer overflows in tiffcrop.c

  • 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 libtiff, libtiff-tools, compat-libtiff3
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) libtiff 4.4.0-7.el9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9) libtiff-tools 4.4.0-7.el9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:2340

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

0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • gitlab.com https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/381 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • gitlab.com https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/386 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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
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
<4.5.1+0
4.5.1+0

Affected products

  • libtiff libtiff

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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