vulnerability

Oracle Linux: CVE-2022-2869: ELSA-2023-0095: libtiff security update (MODERATE)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Dec 21, 2021
Added
Jan 13, 2023
Modified
Dec 3, 2025

Description

libtiff's tiffcrop tool has a uint32_t underflow which leads to out of bounds read and write in the extractContigSamples8bits routine. An attacker who supplies a crafted file to tiffcrop could trigger this flaw, most likely by tricking a user into opening the crafted file with tiffcrop. Triggering this flaw could cause a crash or potentially further exploitation.
A flaw was found in libtiff's tiffcrop tool that has a uint32_t underflow, which leads to an out-of-bounds read and write in the extractContigSamples8bits routine. This flaw allows an attacker who supplies a crafted file to tiffcrop to trick a user into opening the crafted file with tiffcrop, causing a crash or potential further exploitations.

Solutions

oracle-linux-upgrade-libtifforacle-linux-upgrade-libtiff-develoracle-linux-upgrade-libtiff-tools
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