CVE-2009-0163

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    CVE-2009-0163

    Published: 23 Apr 2009Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Integer overflow in the TIFF image decoding routines in CUPS 1.3.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF image, which is not properly handled by the (1) _cupsImageReadTIFF function in the imagetops filter and (2) imagetoraster filter, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/34481, http://secunia.com/advisories/34722, http://secunia.com/advisories/34747, http://secunia.com/advisories/34756, http://secunia.com/advisories/34852, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-20.xml, http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1773, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-760-1, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=490596, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00011.html, http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0061, http://www.cups.org/articles.php?L582, http://www.cups.org/str.php?L3031, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0428.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0429.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502750/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34571, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022070, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11546

    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