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medium 6.1

CVE-2022-1355 json

A stack buffer overflow flaw was found in Libtiffs' tiffcp.c in main() function

published 2022-08-31 4 y ago modified 2026-07-18 3 mo ago also EUVD-2022-24676 , JLSEC-2025-281

cvss
6.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 46%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A stack buffer overflow flaw was found in Libtiffs' tiffcp.c in main() function. This flaw allows an attacker to pass a crafted TIFF file to the tiffcp tool, triggering a stack buffer overflow issue, possibly corrupting the memory, and causing a crash that leads to a denial of service.

Patch / fix

  • julia Libtiff_jll 4.4.0+0
  • libtiff libtiff 4.4.0
  • tiff Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.3.0-8

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1355

  • tiff Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.7
  • tiff Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.5
  • tiff Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 4.3.0-6ubuntu0.1
  • tiff Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm4
  • tiff Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm4

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1355

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

  • 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

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-2022-1355 updated cvss 6.6

libtiff: stack-buffer-overflow in tiffcp.c in main()

  • 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

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Exploit prediction

0.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • gitlab.com https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/400 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • bugzilla.redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2074415 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
OSV 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
julia Libtiff_jll
<4.4.0+0
4.4.0+0

Affected products

  • n/a libtiff

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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