CVE-2009-2285
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 8.9%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 8.9% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-2281)
- Published
- July 1, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-2281 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- libtiff / libtiff
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
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35912
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36194
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36831
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38241
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39135
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200908-03.xml
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-267808-1
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4004
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4013
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4070
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4105
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1835
- http://www.lan.st/showthread.php?t=1856&page=3(Exploit)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/06/22/1(Exploit)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/06/23/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/06/29/5(Exploit)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1159.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1637
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2727
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0173
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/+bug/380149(Exploit)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10145
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7049
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/797-1/
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00142.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00161.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00230.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00655.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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