High 7.5Published Jul 22, 2012

CVE-2012-2088Integer signedness error in the TIFFReadDirectory function in tif_dirread.c in libtiff 3.9.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute…

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Integer signedness error in the TIFFReadDirectory function in tif_dirread.c in libtiff 3.9.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a negative tile depth in a tiff image, which triggers an improper conversion between signed and unsigned types, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

CVSS: 7.5 HIGH (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-189
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 3.9.4; 3.4; 3.4; 3.4; 3.4; 3.4; 3.4; 3.4; and 39 more ranges	NVD

References

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Mar/msg00002.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00010.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1054.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/49686	vendor-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50726
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-02.xml
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6162
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6163
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:101
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54270
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