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title: "CVE-2010-2481\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2010-2481

Publication date 6 July 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

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

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## Description

The TIFFExtractData macro in LibTIFF before 3.9.4 does not properly handle
unknown tag types in TIFF directory entries, which allows remote attackers
to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via
a crafted TIFF file.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-2481?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| tiff | 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 3.9.2-2ubuntu0.3 |
| 9.10 karmic | Fixed 3.8.2-13ubuntu0.3 |
| 9.04 jaunty | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 3.8.2-7ubuntu3.6 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 3.7.4-1ubuntu3.8 |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

see CVE-2010-2630 for second commit to fix regression
in lucid, this is the fix-unknown-tags.patch patch

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2481)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2481)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-2481)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2481)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2481>