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critical 9.3

CVE-2011-0192 json

Buffer overflow in Fax4Decode in LibTIFF 3.9.4 and possibly other versions, as used in ImageIO in Apple iTunes before 10.2 on Windows and o…

published 2011-03-03 15 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-0218

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.5%
EPSS 7.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Buffer overflow in Fax4Decode in LibTIFF 3.9.4 and possibly other versions, as used in ImageIO in Apple iTunes before 10.2 on Windows and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted TIFF Internet Fax image file that has been compressed using CCITT Group 4 encoding, related to the EXPAND2D macro in libtiff/tif_fax3.h. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Patch / fix

  • tiff Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.9.4-7

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2011-0192

  • libtiff RHEL 4 3.6.1-17.el4
  • libtiff RHEL 5 3.8.2-7.el5_6.6
  • libtiff RHEL 6 3.9.4-1.el6_0.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2011:0318

  • 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-2011-0192 updated cvss 6.8

libtiff: buffer overflow in Fax4Decode

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server) libtiff 3.8.2-7.el5_6.6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 libtiff 3.6.1-17.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) libtiff 3.9.4-1.el6_0.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) libtiff 3.9.4-1.el6_0.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 libtiff 3.6.1-17.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 libtiff 3.6.1-17.el4
    +7 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) libtiff 3.9.4-1.el6_0.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) libtiff 3.9.4-1.el6_0.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) libtiff 3.9.4-1.el6_0.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) libtiff 3.9.4-1.el6_0.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) libtiff 3.9.4-1.el6_0.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) libtiff 3.9.4-1.el6_0.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 libtiff 3.6.1-17.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:0318

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Exploit prediction

7.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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