CVE-2010-2483

Summary

CVECVE-2010-2483
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 TIFFRGBAImageGet function in LibTIFF 3.9.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a TIFF file with an invalid combination of SamplesPerPixel and Photometric values.

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 3.9.0 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
Bug 2216 – tif_getimage is missing a check for sane SamplesPerPixel af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.maptools.org
Bug #591605 “eog crashed with SIGSEGV in TIFFRGBAImageGet()” : Bugs : tiff package : Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net
LibTIFF Denial of Service Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
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
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
603081 – libtiff: OOB read in putcontig8bitYCbCr11tile af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.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-2010-2483 MITRE access.redhat.com
611900 – (CVE-2010-2483) CVE-2010-2483 libtiff: out-of-bounds read crash on images with invalid SamplesPerPixel values MITRE bugzilla.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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