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CVE-2010-2481
The TIFFExtractData macro in LibTIFF before 3.9.4 does not properly handle unknown tag types in TIFF directory entries, which allows…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 3.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 13% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The TIFFExtractData macro in LibTIFF before 3.9.4 does not properly handle unknown tag types in TIFF directory entries, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted TIFF file.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 8 days later
· 8 days later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.0% · top 13% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References12
- [oss-security] 20100624 Re: CVE requests: LibTIFF (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 40527 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100629 Re: CVE requests: LibTIFF (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100623 CVE requests: LibTIFF (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2210 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2010-1761 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- GLSA-201209-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- RHSA-2010:0519 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100624 Re: CVE requests: LibTIFF (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100701 Re: CVE requests: LibTIFF (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100630 Re: CVE requests: LibTIFF (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 50726 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2010-2487 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2010-2481)Record last updated .