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TI-2022-23898 Aliases CVE-2022-48281GHSA-4qr3-39h9-qwp4

processCropSelections in tools/tiffcrop.c in LibTIFF through 4.5.0 has a heap-based…

Priority MEDIUM 58CWE-787Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-787 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

processCropSelections in tools/tiffcrop.c in LibTIFF through 4.5.0 has a heap-based buffer overflow (e.g., "WRITE of size 307203") via a crafted TIFF image.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00456 39th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Partial Red Hat: 2 advisoriesRed Hat: 4 fixed, 3 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 4.5.0Vulnerablelibtiff
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.0VulnerableDebian
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*11.0VulnerableDebian
  • cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 4.5.0 Vulnerable ·libtiff
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.0 Vulnerable ·Debian

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2023:3827 Released 2023-06-27 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    libtiff security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) libtiff-4.0.9-28.el8_8, libtiff-devel-4.0.9-28.el8_8
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) libtiff-tools-4.0.9-28.el8_8
  • RHSA-2023:3711 Released 2023-06-21 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    libtiff security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) libtiff-4.4.0-8.el9_2, libtiff-devel-4.4.0-8.el9_2
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9) libtiff-tools-4.4.0-8.el9_2

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. 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: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2023:3827
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2023:3711
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2023:3827
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2023:3711

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-48281
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4qr3-39h9-qwp4

References

Exploit 1

Patch 1

Advisory 3

Other 1

Sources

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