National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-2088
Original release date:07/22/2012
Last revised:05/15/2013
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
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.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: SUSE
Name: openSUSE-SU-2012:0829
External Source: MISC
Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=832864
External Source: BID
Name: 54270
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2012:101
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-201209-02
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 50726
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 49686
Type: Advisory
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2012:1054
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2013-03-14-1
