CVE-2022-0562

Publication date 11 February 2022

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Null source pointer passed as an argument to memcpy() function within TIFFReadDirectory() in tif_dirread.c in libtiff versions from 4.0 to 4.3.0 could lead to Denial of Service via crafted TIFF file. For users that compile libtiff from sources, a fix is available with commit 561599c.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
tiff	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	21.10 impish	Fixed 4.3.0-1ubuntu0.1
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.3
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.5
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm1 Ubuntu Pro
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm1 Ubuntu Pro

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Patch details

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Package	Patch details
tiff	Upstream: 561599c

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-5421-1
LibTIFF vulnerabilities
16 May 2022