Vulnerability CVE-2022-0891
Published: 2022-03-10

Description:
A heap buffer overflow in ExtractImageSection function in tiffcrop.c in libtiff library Version 4.3.0 allows attacker to trigger unsafe or out of bounds memory access via crafted TIFF image file which could result into application crash, potential information disclosure or any other context-dependent impact

Type:

CWE-787

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5.8/10
4.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
Partial
Affected software
Libtiff -> Libtiff 

 References:
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-0891.json
https://gitlab.com/freedesktop-sdk/mirrors/gitlab/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/232282fd8f9c21eefe8d2d2b96cdbbb172fe7b7c
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/382
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/380
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