VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2022-2521

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM

EPSS probability1.33%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2022-08-31

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

secalert@redhat.com: CWE-763
nvd@nist.gov: CWE-763

Primary references

secalert@redhat.com — Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com — Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com — Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory