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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2010-2631 EUVD-2010-2635GHSA-6qwx-wr4q-r588

LibTIFF 3.9.0 ignores tags in certain situations during the first stage of TIFF file processing and does not properly handle this during th…

Published Jul 6, 2010 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Package: tiff Ecosystem: Debian

Description

LibTIFF 3.9.0 ignores tags in certain situations during the first stage of TIFF file processing and does not properly handle this during the second stage, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2481.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 tiff 3.9.4-1 —
Debian 13 tiff 3.9.4-1 —
Debian 12 tiff 3.9.4-1 —

Public exploits

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Exploit-DB 1

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