Medium 4.3Published Jul 6, 2010

CVE-2010-2481The 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…

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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.

CVSS: 4.3 MEDIUM (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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	through 3.9.3; 3.4; 3.4; 3.4; 3.4; 3.4; 3.4; 3.4; and 37 more ranges	NVD

References

References

http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2210	exploit, patch
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127731610612908&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127736307002102&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127738540902757&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127781315415896&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127797353202873&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/40527
http://secunia.com/advisories/50726
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-02.xml
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/30/22
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