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CVE-2022-3970

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-3970 is a critical integer overflow vulnerability in LibTIFF's TIFFReadRGBATileExt function, impacting products from Apple, Debian, and NetApp. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While a public exploit has been disclosed, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage. Organizations are advised to apply the provided patch to mitigate this risk.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 16.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 16.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
66.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0124 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 libtiff 4.4.0-6 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 4.4.0-6
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 libtiff 4.4.0-6 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 4.4.0-6
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18545-16823Fixed in: 4.4.0-6
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18544-16820Fixed in: 4.4.0-6
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: libtiff-0:4.4.0-7.el9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: libtiff-0:4.0.9-27.el8
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: compat-libtiff3

Vendor Advisories (2)

microsoft2022-Nov/CVE-2022-3970Important

LibTIFF tif_getimage.c TIFFReadRGBATileExt integer overflow

Nov 8, 2022
redhatCVE-2022-3970Moderate

libtiff: integer overflow in function TIFFReadRGBATileExt of the file

Nov 8, 2022

References

bugs.chromium.org / p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
gitlab.com / libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/227500897dfb07fb7d27f7aa570050e62617e3be
Patch
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00018.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
oss-fuzz.com / download
Product
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20221215-0009
Third Party Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT213841
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT213843
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
vuldb.com
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry