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Out-of-bounds Write

CVE-2022-3570

Severity Medium
Score 5.5/10

Summary

Multiple heap buffer overflows in "tiffcrop.c" utility in libtiff library version 3.9.0 through 4.4.0 allows an 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.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-787 - Out-of-Bounds Write

Out-of-bounds write vulnerability is a memory access bug that allows software to write data past the end or before the beginning of the intended buffer. This may result in the corruption of data, a crash, or arbitrary code execution.

Advisory Timeline

  • Published