CVE-2022-48281

MEDIUMNVD 5.58.8▲Elevated

5.5

EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.

Lower severity and no public exploit yet

CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

processCropSelections in tools/tiffcrop.c in LibTIFF through 4.5.0 has a heap-based buffer overflow (e.g., "WRITE of size 307203") via a crafted TIFF image.

CVSS v3: 5.5
EG Score: 8.8(medium)
EPSS: 36.6%
KEV: Not listed

Published

January 23, 2023

Last Modified

April 3, 2025

References (12)

cve@mitrehttps://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/d1b6b9c1b3cae2d9e37754506c1ad8f4f7b646b5
cve@mitrehttps://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/488
cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00037.html
cve@mitrehttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-31
cve@mitrehttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230302-0004/
cve@mitrehttps://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5333
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/d1b6b9c1b3cae2d9e37754506c1ad8f4f7b646b5
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/488
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00037.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-31
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230302-0004/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5333

Patch Availability(4)

Vendor / Ecosystem	Fixed in / Patch	Released	Source
ubuntu	libtiff-doc (4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm9) @ xenial	2026-05-25	ubuntu
ubuntu	libtiffxx5 (4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.9) @ focal	2026-05-25	ubuntu
redhat	libtiff-0:4.0.9-28.el8_8	2023-06-27	redhat
redhat	libtiff-0:4.4.0-8.el9_2	2023-06-21	redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write

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2026-05-25 08:10 UTCVendor advisory
2026-05-25 08:10 UTCGHSA enrichment

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2022-48281?

CVE-2022-48281 is a medium vulnerability published on January 23, 2023. processCropSelections in tools/tiffcrop.c in LibTIFF through 4.5.0 has a heap-based buffer overflow (e.g., "WRITE of size 307203") via a crafted TIFF image.

When was CVE-2022-48281 disclosed?

CVE-2022-48281 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on January 23, 2023, with the most recent update on April 3, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2022-48281 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-48281 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 36.6% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2022-48281?

CVE-2022-48281 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 8.8.

How do I remediate CVE-2022-48281?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2022-48281, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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