Bug 2122799 (CVE-2022-2521) - CVE-2022-2521 libtiff: Invalid pointer free operation in TIFFClose() at tif_close.c
Summary: CVE-2022-2521 libtiff: Invalid pointer free operation in TIFFClose() at tif_c...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2022-2521
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 2122800 2122801 2133067 2133068 2133069 2133070 2134025 2140595
Blocks: 2122802
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Reported: 2022-08-30 19:57 UTC by Pedro Sampaio
Modified: 2023-05-16 15:12 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2023-05-16 15:12:27 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:0095 0 None None None 2023-01-12 09:17:28 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:0302 0 None None None 2023-01-23 15:17:22 UTC

Description Pedro Sampaio 2022-08-30 19:57:01 UTC 
It was found in libtiff 4.4.0rc1 that there is an invalid pointer free operation in TIFFClose() at tif_close.c:131 called by tiffcrop.c:2522 that can cause a program crash and denial of service while processing crafted input.

Upstream bug:

https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/422

Upstream fix:

https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/378
Comment 1 Pedro Sampaio 2022-08-30 19:57:22 UTC 
Created libtiff tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2122800]


Created mingw-libtiff tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2122801]
Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2023-01-12 09:17:26 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2023:0095 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0095
Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2023-01-23 15:17:20 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2023:0302 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0302
Comment 6 Product Security DevOps Team 2023-05-16 15:12:25 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-2022-2521
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