CVE-2022-2869
libtiff's tiffcrop tool has a uint32_t underflow which leads to out of bounds read and write in the extractContigSamples8bits routine. An attacker who...
- Published
- Aug 17, 2022
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Evidence observed
- Sep 8, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 24.7%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
libtiff's tiffcrop tool has a uint32_t underflow which leads to out of bounds read and write in the extractContigSamples8bits routine. An attacker who supplies a crafted file to tiffcrop could trigger this flaw, most likely by tricking a user into opening the crafted file with tiffcrop. Triggering this flaw could cause a crash or potentially further exploitation.
Sources
1- CVE-2022-2869-detectorDetection
CodeQL detector for CVE-2022-2869 root cause (CWE-191 unsigned underflow) using control-flow/range analysis to identify vulnerable patterns without hard-coding specific functions.
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