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medium 5.5

CVE-2022-48281 json

processCropSelections in `tools/tiffcrop.c` in LibTIFF through 4.5.0 has a heap-based buffer...

published 2023-01-23 3 y ago modified 2026-07-23 3 mo ago also EUVD-2022-50983 , JLSEC-2025-289

cvss
5.5
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 39%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

processCropSelections in tools/tiffcrop.c in LibTIFF through 4.5.0 has a heap-based buffer overflow (e.g., "WRITE of size 307203") via a crafted TIFF image.

Patch / fix

  • julia Libtiff_jll 4.5.1+0
  • tiff Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.5.0-4

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48281

  • tiff Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.9
  • tiff Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 4.3.0-6ubuntu0.5
  • tiff Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm6
  • tiff Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm9
  • tiff Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48281

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 4.0.9-28.el8_8
  • libtiff-tools RHEL 8 4.0.9-28.el8_8
  • libtiff RHEL 9 4.4.0-8.el9_2
  • libtiff-tools RHEL 9 4.4.0-8.el9_2

red hat advisories RHSA-2023:3827RHSA-2023:3711

  • tiff SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES for SAP 15 SP1 +21 more 4.0.9-150000.45.25.1
  • tiff SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP5 +5 more 4.0.9-44.65.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:0342-1SUSE-SU-2023:0199-1

  • tiff openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.5.0-2.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:12643-1

  • libtiff AlmaLinux 8 4.0.9-28.el8_8
  • libtiff-tools AlmaLinux 8 4.0.9-28.el8_8
  • libtiff AlmaLinux 9 4.4.0-8.el9_2
  • libtiff-tools AlmaLinux 9 4.4.0-8.el9_2

almalinux advisories ALSA-2023:3827ALSA-2023:3711

  • libtiff Rocky Linux 9 4.4.0-8.el9_2
  • libtiff Rocky Linux 8 4.0.9-28.el8_8

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2023:3711RLSA-2023:3827

  • tiff Alpine 3.17 4.4.0-r2
  • tiff Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +4 more 4.5.0-r3

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2022-48281

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 4.4.0-7

azure linux advisories AZL-13151

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-2022-48281 updated cvss 5.5

libtiff: heap-based buffer overflow in processCropSelections() in tools/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 compat-libtiff3
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) libtiff 4.0.9-28.el8_8, libtiff-tools 4.0.9-28.el8_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:3827
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) libtiff 4.4.0-8.el9_2, libtiff-tools 4.4.0-8.el9_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:3711
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) libtiff 4.0.9-28.el8_8, libtiff-tools 4.0.9-28.el8_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:3827
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9) libtiff 4.4.0-8.el9_2, libtiff-tools 4.4.0-8.el9_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:3711

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
19 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • gitlab.com https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/488 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/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
CNA 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

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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