CVE-2010-2630 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a crafted TIFF file due to improper validation of codec-specific tags in LibTIFF.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2010-2630?
CVE-2010-2630 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Libtiff Libtiff, published on 6 Jul 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-2630?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Libtiff Libtiff.
How do I fix CVE-2010-2630?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2010-2630 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2010-2630 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Libtiff Libtiff
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2630, GHSA-r4v9-3hv9-pr4f.