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CVE-2022-2521 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/422 CVEExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/378 CVEExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5333 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/422 [email protected]ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/378 [email protected]ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-763Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference[email protected]
CWE-763Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
libtiff libtiff
4.4.0 rc1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:4.4.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
11.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2022-2521
NVD Published Date:
Aug 31, 2022
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2022-2521 Details - Not Deferred