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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.8

CVE-2008-2327 json

Multiple buffer underflows in the (1) LZWDecode, (2) LZWDecodeCompat, and (3) LZWDecodeVector functions in tif_lzw.c in the LZW decoder in…

published 2008-08-27 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-2323

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.1%
EPSS 4.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Multiple buffer underflows in the (1) LZWDecode, (2) LZWDecodeCompat, and (3) LZWDecodeVector functions in tif_lzw.c in the LZW decoder in LibTIFF 3.8.2 and earlier allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF file, related to improper handling of the CODE_CLEAR code.

Patch / fix

  • tiff Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.8.2-11

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2327

  • libtiff RHEL 2.1 3.5.7-31.el2
  • libtiff RHEL 3 3.5.7-31.el3
  • libtiff RHEL 4 3.6.1-12.el4_7.2
  • libtiff RHEL 5 3.8.2-7.el5_2.2

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0863RHSA-2008:0848RHSA-2008:0847

  • tiff openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.3.0-1.3

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11461-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2008-2327 updated

libtiff: use of uninitialized memory in LZW decoder

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 libtiff 3.5.7-31.el3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0863
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) libtiff 3.8.2-7.el5_2.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0847
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 libtiff 3.5.7-31.el2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 libtiff 3.5.7-31.el3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0863
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 libtiff 3.6.1-12.el4_7.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0848
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) libtiff 3.8.2-7.el5_2.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0847
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 libtiff 3.6.1-12.el4_7.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0848
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) libtiff 3.8.2-7.el5_2.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0847
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 libtiff 3.5.7-31.el2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 libtiff 3.5.7-31.el3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0863
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 libtiff 3.6.1-12.el4_7.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0848
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 libtiff 3.5.7-31.el2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 libtiff 3.5.7-31.el3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0863
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 libtiff 3.6.1-12.el4_7.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0848
  • Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 libtiff 3.5.7-31.el2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0863

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Exploit prediction

4.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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