CVE-2009-2285

Summary

CVECVE-2009-2285
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-07-01 13:00:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionBuffer underflow in the LZWDecodeCompat function in libtiff 3.8.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted TIFF image, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2327.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.8.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Apple iTunes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: libtiff-3.8.2-13.fc11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Ubuntu update for tiff - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
About Security Update 2010-001 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
Security Advisory SA36194 - Gentoo update for tiff - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Red Hat update for libtiff - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1835-1 tiff af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- libTIFF: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
oss-security - Re: libtiff buffer underflow in LZWDecodeCompat af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: mingw32-libtiff-3.8.2-17.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
USN-797-1: tiff vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
oss-security - CVE Request -- libtiff [was: Re: libtiff buffer underflow in LZWDecodeCompat] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Exploit
Bug #380149 “tiff2ps crashed with SIGSEGV in TIFFReadScanline()” : Bugs : tiff package : Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net Exploit
APPLE-SA-2010-03-30-2 iTunes 9.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
About the security content of iTunes 9.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
About Security Update 2009-006 / Mac OS X v10.6.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: libtiff-3.8.2-13.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
APPLE-SA-2010-02-02-1 iPhone OS 3.1.3 and iPhone OS 3.1.3 for iPod touch af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: libtiff-3.8.2-13.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Bug 2065 – LZWDecodeCompat buffer underflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.maptools.org Exploit
APPLE-SA-2010-01-19-1 Security Update 2010-001 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
Fedora update for libtiff - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
APPLE-SA-2009-11-09-1 Security Update 2009-006 / Mac OS X v10.6.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Fedora update for mingw32-libtiff - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian update for tiff - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
About the security content of iOS 3.1.3 and iOS 3.1.3 for iPod touch af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
Sun Solaris LibTIFF "LZWDecodeCompat()" Buffer Underflow Vulnerability - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
libTiff exploit ? - Page 3 - LAN.ST af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.lan.st Exploit
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
About the security content of Safari 4.0.5 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: mingw32-libtiff-3.8.2-17.fc11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
oss-security - libtiff buffer underflow in LZWDecodeCompat af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Exploit
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
APPLE-SA-2010-03-11-1 Safari 4.0.5 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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