# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **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:** Yes
- **Published:** 21 Oct 2022
- **Updated:** 7 May 2025
- **Also known as:** ALPINE-CVE-2022-3599, AZL-11286, AZL-44103, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3599, GHSA-6cg2-4798-gw4g, JLSEC-2025-285, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3599

## 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 (Out-of-bounds Read)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3599?

It affects 3 products.


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

## How do I fix CVE-2022-3599?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-3599 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3599 exists.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-3599 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3599 exists.

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-2022-3599/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3599/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3599
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3599
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-3599

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3599/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.