CVE-2010-2481
The TIFFExtractData macro in LibTIFF before 3.9.4 does not properly handle unknown tag types in TIFF directory entries, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read
02 Description
The TIFFExtractData macro in LibTIFF before 3.9.4 does not properly handle unknown tag types in TIFF directory entries, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.95% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 86.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2010-07-06 14:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 02:32Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-06-28
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 767d4e4bc8e2c893955ae9ad0ca959478164b1a71369c2ad8ab0202bd0e5cdc4
05 Affected products
06 References
- marc.info[oss-security] 20100624 Re: CVE requests: LibTIFFhttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127736307002102&w=2
- secunia.com40527http://secunia.com/advisories/40527
- marc.info[oss-security] 20100629 Re: CVE requests: LibTIFFhttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127781315415896&w=2
- marc.info[oss-security] 20100623 CVE requests: LibTIFFhttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127731610612908&w=2
- bugzilla.maptools.orghttp://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2210
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-1761http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1761
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201209-02http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-02.xml
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2010:0519http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0519.html
- marc.info[oss-security] 20100624 Re: CVE requests: LibTIFFhttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127738540902757&w=2
- marc.info[oss-security] 20100701 Re: CVE requests: LibTIFFhttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127797353202873&w=2
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20100630 Re: CVE requests: LibTIFFhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/30/22
- secunia.com50726http://secunia.com/advisories/50726
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- tiff Fixed in 3.9.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- tiff Fixed in 3.9.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- tiff Fixed in 3.9.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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