CVE-2009-2347

Description

Multiple integer overflows in inter-color spaces conversion tools in libtiff 3.8 through 3.8.2, 3.9, and 4.0 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a TIFF image with large (1) width and (2) height values, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow in the (a) cvt_whole_image function in tiff2rgba and (b) tiffcvt function in rgb2ycbcr.

Category

9.3
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.51%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/35817 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35866 third party advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00663.html vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-2347 patch
http://osvdb.org/55821 vdb entry
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00724.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1870 patch vendor advisory vdb entry
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-012.html patch
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10988 signature vdb entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022539 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0621 vdb entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-801-1 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35811 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35883 third party advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-02.xml vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36194 third party advisory
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2079 patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504892/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:150 patch vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200908-03.xml vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51688 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/35911 third party advisory
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.devel.changes.unstable/178563/ patch
http://osvdb.org/55822 vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1159.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35652 patch vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1835 vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:043 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50726 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-2347?
CVE-2009-2347 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-2347?
To fix CVE-2009-2347, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2009-2347 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2009-2347 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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