CVE-2012-5581
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.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (4.25%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 4.25% probability · 91th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- libtiff/libtiff
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 4.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00076.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1590.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51491Vendor Advisory
- 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/51491Vendor Advisory
- 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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.