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CVE-2022-0561

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Feb 11, 2022 | Modified: Jun 17, 2026
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
5.5 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0561
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

Null source pointer passed as an argument to memcpy() function within TIFFFetchStripThing() in tif_dirread.c in libtiff versions from 3.9.0 to 4.3.0 could lead to Denial of Service via crafted TIFF file. For users that compile libtiff from sources, the fix is available with commit eecb0712.

Weakness

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
LibtiffLibtiff3.9.0 (including)4.3.0 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8RedHatlibtiff-0:4.0.9-23.el8*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9RedHatlibtiff-0:4.4.0-2.el9*
TiffUbuntubionic*
TiffUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
TiffUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/xenial*
TiffUbuntuesm-infra/bionic*
TiffUbuntuesm-infra/focal*
TiffUbuntuesm-infra/xenial*
TiffUbuntufocal*
TiffUbuntuimpish*
TiffUbuntutrusty*
TiffUbuntutrusty/esm*
TiffUbuntuupstream*
TiffUbuntuxenial*

Potential Mitigations

References

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