Upstream information

CVE-2022-41727 at MITRE

Description

An attacker can craft a malformed TIFF image which will consume a significant amount of memory when passed to DecodeConfig. This could lead to a denial of service.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 5.5 6.2
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local Local
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction Required None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None None
Integrity Impact None None
Availability Impact High High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1208853 [RESOLVED / INVALID]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Feb 28 21:01:33 2023
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 19:38:00 2025