CVE-2022-2520 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting libtiff 4.4.0rc1, specifically impacting Debian Linux distributions. This flaw, a sysmalloc assertion failure in the rotateImage() function, can lead to a program crash when processing a specially crafted input file. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5, indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, resulting in high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:4.4.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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