CVE-2022-1355 — Stack-based Buffer Overflow in Libtiff

CWE-121 — Stack-based Buffer OverflowCWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write9 documents8 sources
Severity
6.1MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.5
EPSS
0.1%
top 83.06%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
LibtiffDebian LinuxFedoraproject Fedora+1 more
Timeline
PublishedAug 31
Latest updateAug 14

Description

A stack buffer overflow flaw was found in Libtiffs' tiffcp.c in main() function. This flaw allows an attacker to pass a crafted TIFF file to the tiffcp tool, triggering a stack buffer overflow issue, possibly corrupting the memory, and causing a crash that leads to a denial of service.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 4.2

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDlibtiff/libtiff< 4.4.0
▶CVEListV5libtiff/libtiffNot-Known

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 11.0, Fedora 34, 35, 36, Enterprise Linux 7.0, 8.0, 9.0

Patches

Patch: gitlab.com ↗Patch: gitlab.com ↗Patch: gitlab.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
tiff vulnerabilities↗2022-09-20
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GHSA
GHSA-2fqh-vmvf-c822: A stack buffer overflow flaw was found in Libtiffs' tiffcp↗2022-09-01
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OSV
CVE-2022-1355: A stack buffer overflow flaw was found in Libtiffs' tiffcp↗2022-08-31
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CVEList
CVE-2022-1355: A stack buffer overflow flaw was found in Libtiffs' tiffcp↗2022-08-31
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
LibTIFF vulnerabilities↗2022-09-20
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Red Hat
libtiff: stack-buffer-overflow in tiffcp.c in main()↗2022-04-12
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Debian
CVE-2022-1355: tiff - A stack buffer overflow flaw was found in Libtiffs' tiffcp.c in main() function....↗2022
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📄Research Papers

1
arXiv
VERCATION: Precise Vulnerable Open-source Software Version Identification based on Static Analysis and LLM↗2025-08-14
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