CVE-2012-2088
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 6.5% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-2094)
- Published
- July 22, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-2094 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- libtiff / libtiff
- libtiff / libtiff
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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
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=832864
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15083566
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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