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libtiff: SubjectDistance EXIF tag reading stack based buffer overflow

Published Jun 23, 2010

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the TIFFFetchSubjectDistance function in tif_dirread.c in LibTIFF before 3.9.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long EXIF SubjectDistance field in a TIFF file.

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Remediation

Red Hat statement

Not vulnerable. These issues did not affect the versions of libtiff as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5.

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CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Jun 23, 2010
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved May 25, 2010
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Important
Public date Jun 21, 2010