CVE-2010-2067
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.8
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the TIFFFetchSubjectDistance function in tif_dirread.c in LibTIFF before 3.9.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long EXIF SubjectDistance field in a TIFF file.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Ubuntu Affected 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 10.04 | Affected | — |
| 9.10 | Affected | — |
| 9.04 | Affected | — |
| 8.04 | Affected | — |
| 6.06 | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 3.9.4-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 3.9.4-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 3.9.4-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 3.9.4-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 3.9.4-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| libtiff | libtiff | {"endExcluding":"3.9.4"} | 3.9.4 |
References
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2212
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=874
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127731610612908&w=2
- http://osvdb.org/65676
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40241
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40381
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50726
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-02.xml
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.596424
- http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/v3.9.4.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-954-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1638
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599576
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2067
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.