CVE-2010-2598

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    CVE-2010-2598

    Published: 2 Jul 2010Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: LibTIFF in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3 on x86_64 platforms, as used in tiff2rgba, attempts to process image data even when the required compression functionality is not configured, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted TIFF image, related to "downsampled OJPEG input."

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/40536, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1761, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=583081, http://secunia.com/advisories/40536, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0520.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
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