Reachable Assertion in tiffcp in libtiff 4.3.0 allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted tiff file.
Reachable Assertion in tiffcp in libtiff 4.3.0 allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted tiff file. For users that compile libtiff from sources, the fix is available with commit 5e180045.
- Published
- Mar 10, 2022
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.5% · 73th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-617
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Report tools
Action score
26
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 26 / 40 · 6.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 1.5%
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 6.5
- CNA · GitLab
- 5.5
- 1.0 point gap
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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We use this product, ask for helpAffected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| libtiff | libtiff | cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff |
| debian | debian linux | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux |
| fedoraproject | fedora | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora |
| netapp | active iq unified manager | cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- debian debian linux10.0
- debian debian linux11.0
- fedoraproject fedora36
- libtiff libtiff4.3.0
- netapp active iq unified managerall versions
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (GitLab). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
libtiff libtiff
- =4.3.0affected
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | libtiff | before 4.0.9-23.el8 | 4.0.9-23.el8 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | libtiff-devel | before 4.0.9-23.el8 | 4.0.9-23.el8 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | libtiff-tools | before 4.0.9-23.el8 | 4.0.9-23.el8 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | libtiff | before 4.4.0-2.el9 | 4.4.0-2.el9 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | libtiff-devel | before 4.4.0-2.el9 | 4.4.0-2.el9 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | libtiff-tools | before 4.4.0-2.el9 | 4.4.0-2.el9 |
| Alpine:v3.13 | tiff | before 4.3.0-r0 | 4.3.0-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.15 | tiff | before 4.3.0-r1 | 4.3.0-r1 |
| Debian:10 | tiff | before 4.1.0+git191117-2~deb10u4 | 4.1.0+git191117-2~deb10u4 |
| Debian:11 | tiff | before 4.2.0-1+deb11u1 | 4.2.0-1+deb11u1 |
| Debian:12 | tiff | before 4.3.0-5 | 4.3.0-5 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | tiff | before 4.3.0-2.1 | 4.3.0-2.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | libtiff | before 0:4.0.9-23.el8 | 0:4.0.9-23.el8 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | libtiff-debuginfo | before 0:4.0.9-23.el8 | 0:4.0.9-23.el8 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | libtiff-debugsource | before 0:4.0.9-23.el8 | 0:4.0.9-23.el8 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | libtiff-devel | before 0:4.0.9-23.el8 | 0:4.0.9-23.el8 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | libtiff-tools-debuginfo | before 0:4.0.9-23.el8 | 0:4.0.9-23.el8 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::crb | libtiff-tools | before 0:4.0.9-23.el8 | 0:4.0.9-23.el8 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | libtiff | before 0:4.4.0-2.el9 | 0:4.4.0-2.el9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | libtiff-debuginfo | before 0:4.4.0-2.el9 | 0:4.4.0-2.el9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | libtiff-debugsource | before 0:4.4.0-2.el9 | 0:4.4.0-2.el9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | libtiff-devel | before 0:4.4.0-2.el9 | 0:4.4.0-2.el9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | libtiff-tools-debuginfo | before 0:4.4.0-2.el9 | 0:4.4.0-2.el9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::crb | libtiff-tools | before 0:4.4.0-2.el9 | 0:4.4.0-2.el9 |
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Same product
libtiff: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2006-3459Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the TIFF library (libtiff) before 3.8.2, as used in Adobe Reader 9.3.0 and other products, allow co46Plan
- CVE-2004-1308Integer overflow in (1) tif_dirread.c and (2) tif_fax3.c for libtiff 3.5.7 and 3.7.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a44Plan
- CVE-2018-12900Heap-based buffer overflow in the cpSeparateBufToContigBuf function in tiffcp.c in LibTIFF 3.9.3, 3.9.4, 3.9.5, 3.9.6, 3.9.7, 4.0.0beta7, 4.43Plan
- CVE-2015-8668Heap-based buffer overflow in the PackBitsPreEncode function in tif_packbits.c in bmp2tiff in libtiff 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attack43Plan
- CVE-2004-0929Heap-based buffer overflow in the OJPEGVSetField function in tif_ojpeg.c for libtiff 3.6.1 and earlier, when compiled with the OJPEG_SUPPORT42Plan
- CVE-2016-9540tools/tiffcp.c in libtiff 4.0.6 has an out-of-bounds write on tiled images with odd tile width versus image width.40Plan
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| almalinux:libtiff | 4.0.9-23.el8 · AlmaLinux:8 | Package registry (OSV) |
| almalinux:libtiff-devel | 4.0.9-23.el8 · AlmaLinux:8 | Package registry (OSV) |
| almalinux:libtiff-tools | 4.0.9-23.el8 · AlmaLinux:8 | Package registry (OSV) |
| alpine:tiff | 4.3.0-r0 · Alpine:v3.13 | Package registry (OSV) |
| debian:tiff | 4.3.0-5 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:tiff | 4.0.9-150000.45.8.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.3 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:libtiff | 0:4.0.9-23.el8 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:libtiff-debuginfo | 0:4.0.9-23.el8 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:libtiff-debugsource | 0:4.0.9-23.el8 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:libtiff-devel | 0:4.0.9-23.el8 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:libtiff-tools | 0:4.0.9-23.el8 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::crb | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:libtiff-tools-debuginfo | 0:4.0.9-23.el8 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | Package registry (OSV) |
| rocky linux:libtiff | 0:4.0.9-23.el8 · Rocky Linux:8 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:tiff | 4.0.9-150000.45.8.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:tiff | 4.0.9-44.48.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- A user must open a link or visit a page.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-617 · Reachable AssertionCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
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MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
- gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-0865.json
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RNT2GFNRLOMKJ5KXM6JIHKBNBFDVZPD3/
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZQ4E654ZYUUUQNBKYQFXNK2CV3CPWTM2/
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-10
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221228-0008/
- www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5108
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.