CVE-2009-2347
Multiple integer overflows in inter-color spaces conversion tools in libtiff 3.8 through 3.8.2, 3.9, and 4.0 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a TIFF image with large (1) width and (2) height values, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow in the (a) cvt_whole_image function in tiff2rgba and (b) tiffcvt function in rgb2ycbcr.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 4.2% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-2343)
- Published
- July 14, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-2343 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
References
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.devel.changes.unstable/178563/(Patch)
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2079(Patch)
- http://osvdb.org/55821
- http://osvdb.org/55822
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35811
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35817(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35866
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35883
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35911
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36194
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50726
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200908-03.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-02.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1835
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:150(Patch)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:043
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-012.html(Patch)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1159.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504892/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35652(Patch)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022539
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-801-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1870(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0621
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-2347(Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51688
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10988
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00663.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00724.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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