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CVE-2022-3970

Published: Nov 13, 2022 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
8.8 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3970
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/189.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
LibtiffLibtiff*4.5.0 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8RedHatlibtiff-0:4.0.9-27.el8*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9RedHatlibtiff-0:4.4.0-7.el9*
LibtiffUbuntutrusty*
LibtiffUbuntuxenial*
TiffUbuntubionic*
TiffUbuntudevel*
TiffUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
TiffUbuntuesm-infra/bionic*
TiffUbuntuesm-infra/focal*
TiffUbuntuesm-infra/xenial*
TiffUbuntufocal*
TiffUbuntujammy*
TiffUbuntukinetic*
TiffUbuntutrusty*
TiffUbuntutrusty/esm*
TiffUbuntuupstream*
TiffUbuntuxenial*

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