CVE-2008-2327

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    CVE-2008-2327

    Published: 27 Aug 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/31610, http://secunia.com/advisories/31623, http://secunia.com/advisories/31668, http://secunia.com/advisories/31670, http://secunia.com/advisories/31698, http://secunia.com/advisories/31838, http://secunia.com/advisories/31882, http://secunia.com/advisories/31982, http://secunia.com/advisories/32706, http://secunia.com/advisories/32756, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-07.xml, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:184, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0848.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0863.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-639-1, http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0017.html, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2438, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2776, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2971, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3107, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3232, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2143, http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1632, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458674, http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=234080, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Nov/msg00001.html, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Nov/msg00002.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html, http://security-tracker.debian.net/tracker/CVE-2008-2327, http://security-tracker.debian.net/tracker/DSA-1632-1, http://security-tracker.debian.net/tracker/DTSA-160-1, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-265030-1, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3276, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3298, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3318, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0847.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496033/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497962/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30832, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020750, http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11489, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5514, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00102.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00121.html

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High