CVE-2022-1210 | LibTIFF tiff2ps resource consumption

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in LibTIFF 4.3.0. Affected by this vulnerability is the TIFF File Handler of tiff2ps. Opening a malicious file leads to a denial of service. The attack can be launched remotely but requires user interaction. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Published: 2022-04-03 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-1210 is rated Exploit Available (59/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.85%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2022-1210

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-1210

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-20 1.79% 1.85% +0.06%
2 2026-06-15 0.05% 1.79% +1.74%
3 2025-11-21 — 0.05% —

Full EPSS history (19 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-1210

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:L)
Might cause slowdowns, glitches, or partial disruption—not a full brick.
 2.8 1.4 [email protected]
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-1210

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-1210

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2022-1210 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (tiff), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): open 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-1210
gentoo low CVE-2022-1210: 1 GLSA(s) (202210-10), 1 atom(s) (media-libs/tiff); latest impact low. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2022-1210
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1210
suse low CVE-2022-1210 severity low: SUSE including 272 source package names (0.3.2-1.2:libjbig2-2.1-150000.3.5.1, 0.3.32-3.4:libjbig2-2.1-150000.3.5.1, …), 628 product×package rows across 221 product lines (Container containers/lmcache-vllm-openai, Container containers/open-webui, … (221 product lines)): Known Affected 231, Fixed 205, Known Not Affected 192. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1210/
ubuntu low CVE-2022-1210 low priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (jbigkit, tiff), 17 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 8, released 7, ignored 1, pending 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1210

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-1210

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
libtiff libtiff 4.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-1210

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