LibTIFF tiffcrop out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in LibTIFF. Affected is an unknown function of the component tiffcrop. Executing a manipulation can lead to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-2868. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in LibTIFF (Image Processing Software) (affected version not known). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component tiffcrop. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

libtiff's tiffcrop utility has a improper input validation flaw that can lead to out of bounds read and ultimately cause a crash if an attacker is able to supply a crafted file to tiffcrop.

The weakness was released 08/18/2022. The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2022-2868 since 08/16/2022. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 274520 (Oracle Linux 8 : mingw-libtiff (ELSA-2025-19906)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (274520) and EUVD (EUVD-2022-35102). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.1

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VulDB Temp Score: 4.2
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Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 274520
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 8 : mingw-libtiff (ELSA-2025-19906)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/16/2022 🔍
08/18/2022 +2 days 🔍
08/18/2022 +0 days 🔍
05/28/2026 +1378 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: libtiff.org

Advisory: bugzilla.redhat.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2022-2868 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-2868
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-206656
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/18/2022 08:12
Updated: 05/28/2026 01:40
Changes: 08/18/2022 08:12 (37), 09/17/2022 15:52 (11), 11/12/2025 02:51 (16), 05/28/2026 01:40 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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