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title: "CVE-2009-3296\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2009-3296

Publication date 20 October 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Multiple integer overflows in tiffread.c in CamlImages 2.2 might allow
remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via TIFF images containing large
width and height values that trigger heap-based buffer overflows.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| advi | 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 9.10 karmic | Fixed 1.6.0-14ubuntu0.1 |
| 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 1.6.0-13+lenny2build0.9.04.1 |
| 8.10 intrepid | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 1.6.0-13ubuntu0.1 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |
| camlimages | 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 9.10 karmic | Fixed 1:3.0.1-3ubuntu0.1 |
| 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 1:2.2.0-4+lenny3build0.9.04.1 |
| 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 1:2.2.0-3ubuntu0.1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 1:2.2.0-2ubuntu2.1 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-3296?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| camlimages | * Vendor:   <http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1912> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3296)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3296)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-3296)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3296)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3296>