libtiff: crash on out-of-order codec-specific tags
Published Jul 6, 2010
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.95%
Description
The TIFFReadDirectory function in LibTIFF 3.9.0 does not properly validate the data types of codec-specific tags that have an out-of-order position in a TIFF file, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2481.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of libtiff as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 4.95% (0.04953) | 91.92th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.95% (0.04953) | 91.03th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 4.49% (0.04488) | 88.07th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 5.77% (0.05767) | 83.71th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 4.49% (0.04488) | 88.37th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.22% (0.01218) | 85.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 2, 2023 | 1.22% (0.01218) | 83.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 20, 2023 | 2.40% (0.02395) | 88.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 6, 2023 | 5.15% (0.05146) | 91.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 23, 2023 | 4.23% (0.04235) | 91.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 4, 2023 | 2.09% (0.02087) | 87.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.14% (0.02143) | 87.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.10% (0.02104) | 79.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.10% (0.02104) | 78.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.10% (0.02104) | 56.75th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (9)
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2210 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50726 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-02.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2552 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2630 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554371 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611886 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2630
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2630
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2210 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/50726 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-02.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2552 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2630 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554371 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611886 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2630 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2630 |
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