# CVE-2022-0891: Memory corruption in libtiff

> Attackers can trigger heap buffer overflows via crafted TIFF files, causing crashes or information disclosure in applications using libtiff.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 9 Mar 2022
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** ALPINE-CVE-2022-0891, AZL-8968, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0891, GHSA-ppwc-w499-gfmh, JLSEC-2025-263, OESA-2022-1594, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-0891

## What is CVE-2022-0891?

CVE-2022-0891 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 9 Mar 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A heap buffer overflow in ExtractImageSection function in tiffcrop.c in libtiff library Version 4.3.0 allows attacker to trigger unsafe or out of bounds memory access via crafted TIFF image file which could result into application crash, potential information disclosure or any other context-dependent impact

Weakness: CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0891?

It affects 4 products.


Products: Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Libtiff Libtiff, Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-0891?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-0891 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0891 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- Isolated ASan/UBSan reproduction and patch verification lab for public CVE-2022-0891 (github_poc): https://github.com/flavorex0000/libtiff-cve-2022-0891-lab

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-0891 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-0891 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 9 Mar 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0891 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Debian Debian Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0891/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0891/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0891
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0891
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-0891

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0891/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.