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CVE-2008-2327

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

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8 EPSS 0.01508
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Affected Products & Versions

2
libtiff<= 3.8.2
libtiffall versions

Scoring & Timeline

6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD27 Aug 2008 · 08:41 PM

Vendor Advisories

7
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10554-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:11461-1
rhsaRHSA-2009:1159Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2008:0863Important
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
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