CVE-2010-4665

Description

Integer overflow in the ReadDirectory function in tiffdump.c in tiffdump in LibTIFF before 3.9.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF file containing a directory data structure with many directory entries.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.31% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/12/10 patch mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/44271 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html vendor advisory
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2218 patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2552 vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=695887 patch
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-02.xml vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058478.html vendor advisory
http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/v3.9.5.html patch
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1416-1 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47338 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/50726 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-4665?
CVE-2010-4665 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-4665?
To fix CVE-2010-4665, 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-2010-4665 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-4665 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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