CVE-2010-2598

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-2598
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-07-02 12:43:53 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionLibTIFF in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3 on x86_64 platforms, as used in tiff2rgba, attempts to process image data even when the required compression functionality is not configured, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted TIFF image, related to "downsampled OJPEG input."

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-20 | 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
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3 ga All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3 ga as All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3 ga desktop All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3 ga es All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3 ga ws All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat update for libtiff - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
Bug 583081 – Assorted libtiff failures on downsampled OJPEG input af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Not Applicable
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Broken Link
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