Multiple buffer underflows in the (1) LZWDecode, (2) LZWDecodeCompat, and (3) LZWDecodeVector functions in tif_lzw.c in the LZW decoder in…

Description

Multiple buffer underflows in the (1) LZWDecode, (2) LZWDecodeCompat, and (3) LZWDecodeVector functions in tif_lzw.c in the LZW decoder in LibTIFF 3.8.2 and earlier allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF file, related to improper handling of the CODE_CLEAR code.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

4.1% · top 9.1% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

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  • affected n/a

References (47)

• 265030 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• 31670 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDVSA-2008:184 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2008-11-13 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• 20080905 rPSA-2008-0268-1 libtiff (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 31838 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=234080 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2008-09-15 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• 31982 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 31698 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-7388 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• ADV-2008-2971 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• TA08-260A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• ADV-2008-2776 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0017.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0863 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2008-11-20 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• 31623 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2008-2584 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://security-tracker.debian.net/tracker/CVE-2008-2327 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 1020750 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 20081031 VMSA-2008-0017 Updated ESX packages for libxml2, ucd-snmp, libtiff (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• ADV-2008-3107 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 31610 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 30832 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://security-tracker.debian.net/tracker/DTSA-160-1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11489 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2008:018 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• ADV-2008-3232 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 31882 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0848 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 31668 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2009-2143 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 32706 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5514 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• DSA-1632 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3318 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://security-tracker.debian.net/tracker/DSA-1632-1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3298 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• USN-639-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0847 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3276 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2008-2438 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458674 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 32756 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• GLSA-200809-07 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-7370 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 08:58 UTC.