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tiff — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: ALPINE-CVE-2022-4645

LibTIFF 4.4.0 has an out-of-bounds read in tiffcp in tools/tiffcp.c:948, 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 e8131125.

Products
tiff
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
4.4.0-r2
CVEs
CVE-2022-4645
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
30 Oct 2026, 14:19 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

ALPINE-CVE-2022-4645

core-osv · Original source

Published 3 Mar 2023, 16:15 UTC

LibTIFF 4.4.0 has an out-of-bounds read in tiffcp in tools/tiffcp.c:948, 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 e8131125.

osv:ALPINE-CVE-2022-4645

tiff

Fixed versions: 4.4.0-r2

Complete source record
{
  "id": "c0168106ba87b953035aefc949885c0d93d791391440a8559588af728cbc14b9",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2022-4645",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "ALPINE-CVE-2022-4645",
    "summary": "LibTIFF 4.4.0 has an out-of-bounds read in tiffcp in tools/tiffcp.c:948, 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 e8131125.",
    "evidence": "osv:ALPINE-CVE-2022-4645",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "tiff",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "4.4.0-r2",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "ALPINE-CVE-2022-4645",
      "aliases": [
        "ALPINE-CVE-2022-4645"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "4.4.0-r2"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "tiff",
            "purl": "pkg:apk/alpine/tiff?arch=source",
            "ecosystem": "Alpine:v3.17"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2022-4645.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {}
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-15T07:17:54.275253857Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2022-4645"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-4645"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2022-4645",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 322058,
  "published_at": "2023-03-03T16:15:09.777+00:00"
}