CVE-2012-1173
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 6.8%EU EUVD
Multiple integer overflows in tiff_getimage.c in LibTIFF 3.9.4 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted tile size in a TIFF file, which is not properly handled by the (1) gtTileSeparate or (2) gtStripSeparate function, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.
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-189
- EPSS score
- 6.8% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-1203)
- Published
- June 4, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-1203 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- libtiff / libtiff
References
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/attachment.cgi?id=477&action=diff
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2369
- http://home.gdal.org/private/zdi-can-1221/zdi-can-1221.txt
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077463.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078403.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078835.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0468.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48684(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48722(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48735(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48757(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48893(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50726
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-02.xml
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1416-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2447
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:054
- http://www.osvdb.org/81025
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52891
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026895
- https://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100161772
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74656
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14302713
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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