| Name | CVE-2022-2953 |
| Description | LibTIFF 4.4.0 has an out-of-bounds read in extractImageSection in tools/tiffcrop.c:6905, allowing attackers to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted tiff file. For users that compile libtiff from sources, the fix is available with commit 48d6ece8. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, 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 (security), bullseye | 4.2.0-1+deb11u5 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 4.5.0-6+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 4.5.1+git230720-5 | 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/414
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/8fe3735942ea1d90d8cef843b55b3efe8ab6feaf
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/bad48e90b410df32172006c7876da449ba62cdba
Crash in CLI tool, no security impact