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CVE-2012-5581

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2013-01-04 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in tif_dir.c in LibTIFF before 4.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted DOTRANGE tag in a TIFF image.

Affected products

• libtiff: through 4.0.1; 3.4, 3.4-beta18, 3.4-beta24, 3.4-beta28, 3.4-beta29, 3.4-beta31 (+50)

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00076.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1590.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51491
• http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2589
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/28/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56715
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1655-1
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=867235
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80339
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00076.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1590.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51491

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