CVE-2022-0924 Denial of service in libtiff

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

Attackers can cause denial of service in applications using libtiff by providing a crafted TIFF file that triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2022-0924?

CVE-2022-0924 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 11 Mar 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Out-of-bounds Read error in tiffcp in libtiff 4.3.0 allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted tiff file. For users that compile libtiff from sources, the fix is available with commit 408976c4.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0924?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Libtiff Libtiff, Netapp Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility.

How do I fix CVE-2022-0924?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2022-0924 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0924 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2022-0924, AZL-9023, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0924, GHSA-3h8g-q3cw-mr42, JLSEC-2025-267, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-0924.

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