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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2022-3970 Detail

Description

A vulnerability was found in LibTIFF. It has been classified as critical. This affects the function TIFFReadRGBATileExt of the file libtiff/tif_getimage.c. The manipulation leads to integer overflow. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The name of the patch is 227500897dfb07fb7d27f7aa570050e62617e3be. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-213549 was assigned to this vulnerability.


Severity

 


CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  8.8 HIGH
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  VulDB
Base Score:  6.3 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L


NVD Analysts use publicly available information to associate vector strings and CVSS scores. We also display any CVSS information provided within the CVE List from the CNA.

Note: It is possible that the NVD CVSS may not match that of the CNA. The most common reason for this is that publicly available information does not provide sufficient detail or that information simply was not available at the time the CVSS vector string was assigned.

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Hyperlink Resource
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=53137 Exploit  Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/227500897dfb07fb7d27f7aa570050e62617e3be Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00018.html
https://oss-fuzz.com/download?testcase_id=5738253143900160 Product  Third Party Advisory 
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221215-0009/ Third Party Advisory 
https://vuldb.com/?id.213549 Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound Provider acceptance level VulDB  
CWE-189 Numeric Errors Provider acceptance level VulDB  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2022-3970
NVD Published Date:
11/13/2022
NVD Last Modified:
01/20/2023
Source:
VulDB