# CVE-2009-2347: Multiple integer overflows in inter-color spaces conversion tools in libtiff 3.8 through 3.8.2, 3.9, and 4.0 allow context-dependent attacke

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2009-07-14 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Multiple integer overflows in inter-color spaces conversion tools in libtiff 3.8 through 3.8.2, 3.9, and 4.0 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a TIFF image with large (1) width and (2) height values, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow in the (a) cvt_whole_image function in tiff2rgba and (b) tiffcvt function in rgb2ycbcr.

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/35817
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35866
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00663.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-2347
- http://osvdb.org/55821
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00724.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1870
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-012.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10988
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022539
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0621
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-801-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35811
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35883
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-02.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36194
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2079
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504892/100/0/threaded
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:150
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200908-03.xml
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51688
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35911
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.devel.changes.unstable/178563/
- http://osvdb.org/55822
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1159.html

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