Description
The TIFFExtractData macro in LibTIFF before 3.9.4 does not properly handle unknown tag types in TIFF directory entries, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted TIFF file.
Published: 2010-07-06
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: 1.6% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-2487 The TIFFExtractData macro in LibTIFF before 3.9.4 does not properly handle unknown tag types in TIFF directory entries, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted TIFF file.
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Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T02:32:16.865Z

Reserved: 2010-06-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-2481

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-07-06T17:17:13.390

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2010-2481

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2010-06-23T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2010-2481 - Bugzilla

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