MediumFix available
tiff — security advisory
LibTIFF 4.4.0 has an out-of-bounds write in _TIFFmemcpy in libtiff/tif_unix.c:346 when called from extractImageSection, tools/tiffcrop.c:6826, 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 236b7191.
- Products
- tiff
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 4.4.0-5
- CVEs
- CVE-2022-3597
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 30 Oct 2026, 14:51 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
LibTIFF 4.4.0 has an out-of-bounds write in _TIFFmemcpy in libtiff/tif_unix.c:346 when called from extractImageSection, tools/tiffcrop.c:6826, 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 236b7191.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3597
tiff
Fixed versions: 4.4.0-5
tiff
Fixed versions: 4.4.0-5
tiff
Fixed versions: 4.4.0-5
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3597",
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