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title: "CVE-2012-2088\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-2088

Publication date 22 June 2012

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

Integer signedness error in the TIFFReadDirectory function in tif\_dirread.c
in libtiff 3.9.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a
negative tile depth in a tiff image, which triggers an improper conversion
between signed and unsigned types, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-2088?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| tiff | 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 3.9.5-2ubuntu1.1 |
| 11.10 oneiric | Fixed 3.9.5-1ubuntu1.2 |
| 11.04 natty | Fixed 3.9.4-5ubuntu6.2 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 3.9.2-2ubuntu0.9 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 3.8.2-7ubuntu3.12 |

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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-2012-2088?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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

claimed to only affect 3.x, not 4.x

### 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 |
| --- | --- |
| tiff | * Vendor:   <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=578148> * Vendor:   <http://patch-tracker.debian.org/patch/series/view/tiff3/3.9.6-6/CVE-2012-2088.patch> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2088)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2088)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-2088)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2088)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1498-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1498-1)
+ tiff vulnerabilities
+ 5 July 2012

### Other references

* <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=810551>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2088>