CVE-2010-2481

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-2481
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-07-06 17:17:13 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe 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 and application crash) via a crafted TIFF file.

Risk And Classification

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

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.4 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.4 beta18 All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.4 beta24 All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.4 beta28 All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.4 beta29 All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.4 beta31 All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.4 beta32 All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.4 beta34 All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.4 beta35 All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.4 beta36 All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.4 beta37 All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.5.1 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.5.2 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.5.3 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.5.4 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.5.5 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.5.6 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.5.6 beta All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.5.7 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.5.7 alpha All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.5.7 alpha2 All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.5.7 alpha3 All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.5.7 alpha4 All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.5.7 beta All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.6.0 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.6.0 beta All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.6.0 beta2 All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.6.1 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.7.0 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.7.0 alpha All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.7.0 beta All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.7.0 beta2 All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.7.1 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.7.2 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.7.3 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.7.4 All All All
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 3.9.0 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.9.0 beta All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.9.1 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.9.2 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
'Re: [oss-security] CVE requests: LibTIFF' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
'Re: [oss-security] CVE requests: LibTIFF' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
'Re: [oss-security] CVE requests: LibTIFF' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
oss-security - Re: CVE requests: LibTIFF af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Red Hat update for libtiff - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Bug 2210 – libtiff 3.9 crashes on out-of-order codec-specific tags, if wrong data type af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.maptools.org Exploit, Patch
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
'[oss-security] CVE requests: LibTIFF' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
'Re: [oss-security] CVE requests: LibTIFF' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
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
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com | CVE-2010-2481 MITRE access.redhat.com
611895 – (CVE-2010-2481) CVE-2010-2481 libtiff: TIFFExtractData out-of-bounds read crash MITRE bugzilla.redhat.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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