CVE-2022-48281

Publication date 23 January 2023

Last updated 26 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

processCropSelections in tools/tiffcrop.c in LibTIFF through 4.5.0 has a heap-based buffer overflow (e.g., "WRITE of size 307203") via a crafted TIFF image.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
tiff 23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic Ignored end of life, was needed
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 4.3.0-6ubuntu0.5
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.9
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm2
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm9
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm6
libtiff 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
tiff

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-5841-1
    • LibTIFF vulnerabilities
    • 2 February 2023
    • USN-6290-1
    • LibTIFF vulnerabilities
    • 15 August 2023

Other references