CVE-2012-2088

libtiff < 3.9.4 - Denial of Service and Remote Code Execution via Negative Tile Depth

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Integer signedness error in the TIFFReadDirectory function in tif_dirread.c in libtiff 3.9.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a negative tile depth in a tiff image, which triggers an improper conversion between signed and unsigned types, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

References (12)

Core 12
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6163
Various Sources vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15083566
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1054.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54270
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Mar/msg00002.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-02.xml
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6162
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=832864
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:101
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/49686
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/50726

Scores

EPSS 0.0298
EPSS Percentile 86.7%

Details

CWE
CWE-189
Status published
Products (25)
libtiff/libtiff 3.4 (11 CPE variants)
libtiff/libtiff 3.5.1
libtiff/libtiff 3.5.2
libtiff/libtiff 3.5.3
libtiff/libtiff 3.5.4
libtiff/libtiff 3.5.5
libtiff/libtiff 3.5.6 (2 CPE variants)
libtiff/libtiff 3.5.7 (6 CPE variants)
libtiff/libtiff 3.6.0 (3 CPE variants)
libtiff/libtiff 3.6.1
... and 15 more
Published Jul 22, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026