| Name | CVE-2022-2521 |
| Description | It was found in libtiff 4.4.0rc1 that there is an invalid pointer free operation in TIFFClose() at tif_close.c:131 called by tiffcrop.c:2522 that can cause a program crash and denial of service while processing crafted input. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-5333-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 1024670 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| tiff (PTS) | bullseye | 4.2.0-1+deb11u5 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 4.2.0-1+deb11u7 | fixed |
| bookworm | 4.5.0-6+deb12u2 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 4.5.0-6+deb12u3 | fixed |
| trixie | 4.7.0-3 | fixed |
| trixie (security) | 4.7.0-3+deb13u1 | fixed |
| forky, sid | 4.7.1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| tiff | source | bullseye | 4.2.0-1+deb11u3 | | DSA-5333-1 | |
| tiff | source | (unstable) | 4.4.0-6 | unimportant | | 1024670 |
Notes
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/422
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/378
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/8fe3735942ea1d90d8cef843b55b3efe8ab6feaf
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/bad48e90b410df32172006c7876da449ba62cdba
Crash in CLI tool, no security impact