CVE-2022-3970

Published: 13 November 2022

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.

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
libtiff Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	kinetic	Does not exist
	trusty	Ignored (end of standard support)
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Ignored (end of standard support)
tiff Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Released (4.0.9-5ubuntu0.9)
	focal	Released (4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.7)
	jammy	Released (4.3.0-6ubuntu0.3)
	kinetic	Released (4.4.0-4ubuntu3.2)
	trusty	Released (4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm6) Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
	upstream	Released (4.5.0, 4.4.0-6)
	xenial	Released (4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm8) Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
	Patches: upstream: https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/227500897dfb07fb7d27f7aa570050e62617e3be

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.8
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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