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CVE-2010-4665 json

Integer overflow in the ReadDirectory function in tiffdump.c in tiffdump in LibTIFF before 3.9.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial…

published 2011-05-03 15 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2010-4630

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.6%
EPSS 2.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 85%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Integer overflow in the ReadDirectory function in tiffdump.c in tiffdump in LibTIFF before 3.9.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF file containing a directory data structure with many directory entries.

Patch / fix

  • libtiff RHEL 4 3.6.1-12.el4_8.5
  • libtiff RHEL 5 3.8.2-7.el5_5.5

red hat advisories RHSA-2010:0519

  • tiff openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.0.7-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10554-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2010-4665 updated cvss 3.7

libtiff tiffdump integer overflow

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libtiff
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) libtiff 3.8.2-7.el5_5.5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 libtiff 3.6.1-12.el4_8.5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) libtiff 3.8.2-7.el5_5.5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 libtiff 3.6.1-12.el4_8.5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) libtiff 3.8.2-7.el5_5.5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 libtiff 3.6.1-12.el4_8.5
    +1 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 libtiff 3.6.1-12.el4_8.5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0519

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Exploit prediction

2.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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