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CVE-2022-3970 json

LibTIFF tif_getimage.c TIFFReadRGBATileExt integer overflow

published 2022-11-13 3 y ago modified 2026-07-23 3 mo ago also EUVD-2022-43302 , JLSEC-2025-288

cvss
6.3
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 71%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability was found in LibTIFF. It has been classified as critical. This affects the function TIFFReadRGBATileExt of the file libtiff/tif_getimage.c. The manipulation leads to integer overflow. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The name of the patch is 227500897dfb07fb7d27f7aa570050e62617e3be. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-213549 was assigned to this vulnerability.

Patch / fix

  • julia Libtiff_jll 4.5.1+0
  • libtiff libtiff 4.5.0
  • apple safari 16.5.1
  • apple ipados 16.6
  • apple iphone_os 16.6
  • apple macos 13.5
  • tiff Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.4.0-6

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3970

  • tiff Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.9
  • tiff Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.7
  • tiff Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 4.3.0-6ubuntu0.3
  • tiff Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm6
  • tiff Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm8

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3970

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 8 4.0.9-27.el8
  • libtiff-tools RHEL 8 4.0.9-27.el8
  • libtiff RHEL 9 4.4.0-7.el9
  • libtiff-tools RHEL 9 4.4.0-7.el9

red hat advisories RHSA-2023:2883RHSA-2023:2340

  • tiff SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES for SAP 15 +27 more 4.0.9-150000.45.19.1
  • tiff SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP5 +6 more 4.0.9-44.59.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:4259-1SUSE-SU-2022:4248-1

  • tiff openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.4.0-5.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:12510-1

  • libtiff AlmaLinux 8 4.0.9-27.el8
  • libtiff-tools AlmaLinux 8 4.0.9-27.el8
  • libtiff AlmaLinux 9 4.4.0-7.el9
  • libtiff-tools AlmaLinux 9 4.4.0-7.el9

almalinux advisories ALSA-2023:2883ALSA-2023:2340

  • tiff Alpine 3.16, Alpine 3.15, Alpine 3.14 4.4.0-r1
  • 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-2022-3970

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 4.4.0-6

azure linux advisories AZL-11449

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-2022-3970 updated cvss 8.8

libtiff: integer overflow in function TIFFReadRGBATileExt of the file

  • 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 compat-libtiff3
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) libtiff 4.0.9-27.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:2883
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) libtiff 4.4.0-7.el9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:2340
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) libtiff-tools 4.0.9-27.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:2883
  • 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

1.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bugs.chromium.org https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=53137 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
OSV 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
julia Libtiff_jll
<4.5.1+0
4.5.1+0

Affected products

  • unspecified LibTIFF

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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