CVE-2008-2327
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 4.1%EU EUVD
Multiple buffer underflows in the (1) LZWDecode, (2) LZWDecodeCompat, and (3) LZWDecodeVector functions in tif_lzw.c in the LZW decoder in LibTIFF 3.8.2 and earlier allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF file, related to improper handling of the CODE_CLEAR code.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 4.1% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-2323)
- Published
- August 27, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2323 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- libtiff / libtiff
- libtiff / libtiff
- libtiff / libtiff
- libtiff / libtiff
- libtiff / libtiff
- libtiff / libtiff
- libtiff / libtiff
- libtiff / libtiff
- libtiff / libtiff
- libtiff / libtiff
- libtiff / libtiff
- libtiff / libtiff
- libtiff / libtiff
- libtiff / libtiff
- libtiff / libtiff
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=234080
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Nov/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Nov/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31610(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31623(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31668(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31670(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31698(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31838(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31882(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31982
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32706
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32756(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security-tracker.debian.net/tracker/CVE-2008-2327
- http://security-tracker.debian.net/tracker/DSA-1632-1
- http://security-tracker.debian.net/tracker/DTSA-160-1
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-07.xml
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-265030-1
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3276
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3298
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3318
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1632(Patch)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:184
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0847.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0848.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0863.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496033/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497962/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30832
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020750
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-639-1
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0017.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2438(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2776(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2971(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3107(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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