First published: Fri Feb 11 2022(Updated: )
LibTIFF is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer dereference in the memcpy() function in TIFFReadDirectory() in tif_dirread.c. A local authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
Credit: cve@gitlab.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
debian/tiff | 4.1.0+git191117-2~deb10u4 4.1.0+git191117-2~deb10u8 4.2.0-1+deb11u4 4.5.0-6 4.5.1+git230720-1 | |
IBM Cognos Analytics | <=12.0.0-12.0.3 | |
IBM Cognos Analytics | <=11.2.0-11.2.4 FP4 | |
libtiff | >=4.0.0<=4.3.0 | |
Fedoraproject Fedora | =35 | |
Debian Debian Linux | =9.0 | |
Debian Debian Linux | =10.0 | |
Debian Debian Linux | =11.0 | |
NetApp ONTAP Select Deploy |
Sign up to SecAlerts for real-time vulnerability data matched to your software, aggregated from hundreds of sources.
CVE-2022-0562 has a severity rating that indicates it can lead to a denial of service due to a null pointer dereference.
To fix CVE-2022-0562, apply the latest patches or updates available for the affected software, specifically for LibTIFF and IBM Cognos Analytics.
Versions of tiff prior to 4.1.0+git191117-2~deb10u4 and up to 4.2.0-1+deb11u4 are vulnerable to CVE-2022-0562.
Local authenticated attackers can exploit CVE-2022-0562 in systems running affected versions of LibTIFF and Cognos Analytics.
The impact of CVE-2022-0562 includes potential denial of service, allowing attackers to disrupt application availability.