CVE-2022-3599 Denial of service in libtiff
Attackers can cause a denial of service via a crafted TIFF file due to an out-of-bounds read in LibTIFF.
- 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-2022-3599?
CVE-2022-3599 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 21 Oct 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
LibTIFF 4.4.0 has an out-of-bounds read in writeSingleSection in tools/tiffcrop.c:7345, allowing 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 e8131125.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3599?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Libtiff Libtiff, Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2022-3599?
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-2022-3599 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3599 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2022-3599, AZL-11286, AZL-44103, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3599, GHSA-6cg2-4798-gw4g, JLSEC-2025-285 and 1 more.