CVE-2022-1354 Memory corruption in libtiff
An attacker can cause a denial of service by providing a crafted TIFF file to the tiffinfo tool, triggering a heap buffer overflow.
- 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-2022-1354?
CVE-2022-1354 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 31 Aug 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
A heap buffer overflow flaw was found in Libtiffs' tiffinfo.c in TIFFReadRawDataStriped() function. This flaw allows an attacker to pass a crafted TIFF file to the tiffinfo tool, triggering a heap buffer overflow issue and causing a crash that leads to a denial of service.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1354?
It affects 5 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Libtiff Libtiff, Netapp Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility, Redhat Enterprise Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2022-1354?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2022-1354 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1354 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1354, GHSA-8g2j-v7wm-mhv5, JLSEC-2025-280, OESA-2022-1747, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1354.