Bug 2234970 (CVE-2022-40090) - CVE-2022-40090 libtiff: infinite loop via a crafted TIFF file
Summary: CVE-2022-40090 libtiff: infinite loop via a crafted TIFF file
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2022-40090
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Product Security
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Depends On: 2234972 2234973 2234975 2234976 2234977 2234978 2235769
Blocks: 2234971
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2023-08-25 19:39 UTC by Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz
Modified: 2024-08-01 08:28 UTC (History)
9 users (show)

Fixed In Version: libtiff 4.5.0
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A flaw was found in the libtiff library. This issue allows an attacker who can submit a specially crafted file to an application linked with libtiff to cause an infinite loop, resulting in a denial of service.
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2024:2289 0 None None None 2024-04-30 10:01:38 UTC

Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2023-08-25 19:39:33 UTC 
An issue was discovered in function TIFFReadDirectory libtiff before 4.4.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted TIFF file.

References:
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/455
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/386
Comment 1 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2023-08-25 19:57:28 UTC 
Created libtiff tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2234972]


Created mingw-libtiff tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2234973]
Comment 3 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2023-08-29 17:05:08 UTC 
Created iv tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2235769]
Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2024-04-30 10:01:36 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2024:2289 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2289
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