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TI-2022-02330 Aliases CVE-2022-2521GHSA-42g8-vhhw-vw3f

It was found in libtiff 4.4.0rc1 that there is an invalid pointer free operation in…

Priority LOW 32CWE-763Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 4 fixed, 3 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01329 71st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix Partial Red Hat: 2 advisoriesRed Hat: 4 fixed, 3 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—libtifflibtiff 4.4.0rc1—No fix listedCNA
  • libtiff Vendor— Affected libtiff 4.4.0rc1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:4.4.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*4.4.0 rc1Vulnerablelibtiff
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*11.0VulnerableDebian
  • cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:4.4.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.4.0 rc1 Vulnerable ·libtiff
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.0 Vulnerable ·Debian

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2023:0302 Released 2023-01-23 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    libtiff security update
    • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) libtiff-tools-4.4.0-5.el9_1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) libtiff-4.4.0-5.el9_1, libtiff-devel-4.4.0-5.el9_1
  • RHSA-2023:0095 Released 2023-01-12 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    libtiff security update
    • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) libtiff-tools-4.0.9-26.el8_7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) libtiff-4.0.9-26.el8_7, libtiff-devel-4.0.9-26.el8_7

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2023:0095
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2023:0302
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2023:0095
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2023:0302

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-2521
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-42g8-vhhw-vw3f

References

Exploit 2

Advisory 1

Sources

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