Bug 2054495 (CVE-2022-0562) - CVE-2022-0562 libtiff: Null source pointer lead to Denial of Service via crafted TIFF file
Summary: CVE-2022-0562 libtiff: Null source pointer lead to Denial of Service via craf...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2022-0562
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 2054496 2054498 2055142 2060314 2060315
Blocks: 2054500
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2022-02-15 04:41 UTC by Sandipan Roy
Modified: 2022-12-06 20:33 UTC (History)
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A flaw was found in libtiff where a NULL source pointer passed as an argument to the memcpy() function within the TIFFReadDirectory() in tif_dirread.c. This flaw allows an attacker to exploit this vulnerability via a crafted TIFF file, causing a crash and leading to a denial of service.
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Last Closed: 2022-12-06 20:33:13 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2022:7585 0 None None None 2022-11-08 09:45:06 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2022:8194 0 None None None 2022-11-15 10:35:15 UTC

Description Sandipan Roy 2022-02-15 04:41:16 UTC 
Null source pointer passed as an argument to memcpy() function within TIFFReadDirectory() in tif_dirread.c in libtiff versions from 4.0 to 4.3.0 could lead to Denial of Service via crafted TIFF file. For users that compile libtiff from sources, a fix is available with commit 561599c.

https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/362
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/build/omnibus-mirror/libtiff/-/commit/561599c99f987dc32ae110370cfdd7df7975586b
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-0562.json
Comment 1 Sandipan Roy 2022-02-15 04:43:36 UTC 
Created libtiff tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2054498]


Created mingw-libtiff tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2054496]
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2022-11-08 09:45:04 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2022:7585 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7585
Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2022-11-15 10:35:14 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2022:8194 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8194
Comment 9 Product Security DevOps Team 2022-12-06 20:33:11 UTC 
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2022-0562
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