Medium 4.3Published Jul 1, 2009

CVE-2009-2285Buffer underflow in the LZWDecodeCompat function in libtiff 3.8.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted TIFF image, a different vulnerability than CVE-…

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Buffer underflow in the LZWDecodeCompat function in libtiff 3.8.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted TIFF image, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2327.

CVSS: 4.3 MEDIUM (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

libtiff libtiff libtiff:libtiff	3.8.2	NVD

References

References

http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2065	exploit
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00003.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Feb/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jan/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Mar/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/35695
http://secunia.com/advisories/35716
http://secunia.com/advisories/35866
http://secunia.com/advisories/35883
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