VDB-206657 · CVE-2022-2869 · EUVD-2022-35103

LibTIFF tiffcrop extractContigSamples8bits out-of-bounds write

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in LibTIFF and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function extractContigSamples8bits of the component tiffcrop. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds write. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-2869. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in LibTIFF (Image Processing Software) (the affected version unknown). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function extractContigSamples8bits of the component tiffcrop. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds write vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-787. The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was disclosed 08/18/2022. The advisory is shared at bugzilla.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-2869 since 08/17/2022. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/28/2026).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 224715 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-2869), 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 (224715) and EUVD (EUVD-2022-35103). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Image Processing Software

Name

LibTIFF

License

open-source

Website

Product: http://www.libtiff.org/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.1
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NVD Base Score: 8.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Out-of-bounds write
CWE: CWE-787 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 224715
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-2869

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/17/2022 🔍
08/18/2022 +1 days 🔍
08/18/2022 +0 days 🔍
05/28/2026 +1378 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: libtiff.org

Advisory: bugzilla.redhat.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2022-2869 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-2869
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-206657
EUVD: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 08/18/2022 08:13
Updated: 05/28/2026 01:40
Changes: 08/18/2022 08:13 (38), 09/17/2022 15:58 (11), 03/05/2025 12:27 (16), 05/28/2026 01:40 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.