USN-5743-1

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5743-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5743-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-5743-1
Upstream
Related
Published
2022-11-24T17:02:39.270760Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:36:09Z
Summary
tiff vulnerability
Details

It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain malformed images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, a remote attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / tiff

Package

Name
tiff
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/tiff@4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm8?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm8

Affected versions

4.*

4.0.3-12.3ubuntu2
4.0.5-1
4.0.6-1
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.1
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.2
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.3
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.4
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.5
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.6
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.7
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm1
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm2
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm3
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm4
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm6
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm7

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm8",
            "binary_name": "libtiff-opengl"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm8",
            "binary_name": "libtiff-tools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm8",
            "binary_name": "libtiff5"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm8",
            "binary_name": "libtiff5-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm8",
            "binary_name": "libtiffxx5"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

{
    "cves_map": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS",
        "cves": [
            {
                "severity": [
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "medium",
                        "type": "Ubuntu"
                    }
                ],
                "id": "CVE-2022-3970"
            }
        ]
    }
}