CVE-2012-1173

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-1173
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-06-04 20:55:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionMultiple integer overflows in tiff_getimage.c in LibTIFF 3.9.4 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted tile size in a TIFF file, which is not properly handled by the (1) gtTileSeparate or (2) gtStripSeparate function, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.9.4 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Attachment #477 for bug #2369 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.maptools.org
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
home.gdal.org/private/zdi-can-1221/zdi-can-1221.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 home.gdal.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: libtiff-3.9.5-3.fc15 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2447-1 tiff af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
ASA-2012-209 (RHSA-2012-0468) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 downloads.avaya.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: libtiff-3.9.5-3.fc17 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
www.osvdb.org/81025 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Bug 2369 – ZDI-CAN-1221 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.maptools.org
USN-1416-1: tiff vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ubuntu.com
mandriva.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: libtiff-3.9.5-3.fc16 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
libTIFF CVE-2012-1173 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
About the security content of OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.2, OS X Lion v10.7.5 and Security Update 2012-004 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
About the security content of iOS 6 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
LibTIFF Buffer Overflow in gtTileSeparate() Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14302713 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 hermes.opensuse.org
APPLE-SA-2012-09-19-1 iOS 6 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
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
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
APPLE-SA-2012-09-19-2 OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.2, OS X Lion v10.7.5 and Security Update 2012-004 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com | CVE-2012-1173 MITRE access.redhat.com
Bug 803078 – CVE-2012-1173 libtiff: Heap-buffer overflow due to TileSize calculation when parsing tiff files MITRE bugzilla.redhat.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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