CVE-2022-1622

libtiff: out-of-bounds read in LZWDecode

Loading…

Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

Review impact separately from score.

Published · May 11, 2022

Updated · June 30, 2026

Description

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability was found in Libtiff's LZWDecode() function in libtiff/tif_lzw.c. This flaw allows an attacker to perform a denial-of-service attack via a crafted tiff file, leading to the application crashing.

Statement

Versions of Libtiff shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux are not affected by this vulnerability as vulnerable code is not present in our code-base.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read