CVE-2009-2347

Summary

CVECVE-2009-2347
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-07-14 20:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMultiple integer overflows in inter-color spaces conversion tools in libtiff 3.8 through 3.8.2, 3.9, and 4.0 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a TIFF image with large (1) width and (2) height values, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow in the (a) cvt_whole_image function in tiff2rgba and (b) tiffcvt function in rgb2ycbcr.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.8.0 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.8.1 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.8.2 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.9 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 4.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
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
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
Bug 510041 – CVE-2009-2347 libtiff: integer overflows in various inter-color spaces conversion tools (crash, ACE) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: libtiff-3.8.2-14.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Security Advisory SA35811 - Ubuntu update for tiff - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: libtiff-3.8.2-14.fc11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
USN-801-1: tiff vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
LibTIFF tiff2rgba and rgb2ycbcr Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
article.gmane.org | 522: Connection timed out af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 article.gmane.org Patch
oCERT.org - oCERT Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ocert.org Patch
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
osvdb.org/55822 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
LibTIFF Integer Overflows in tiff2rgba and rgb2ycbcr Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
osvdb.org/55821 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
LibTIFF Multiple Remote Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
Bug 2079 – CVE-2009-2347 libtiff: integer overflows in various inter-color space conversion tools af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.maptools.org Patch
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:150 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Patch
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2011:043 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Debian update for tiff - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Fedora 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
Security Advisory SA50726 - Gentoo update for tiff - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- libTIFF: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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