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CVE-2008-2327

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-2327 describes multiple buffer underflows in the LZW decoder of LibTIFF versions 3.8.2 and earlier, specifically within the LZWDecode, LZWDecodeCompat, and LZWDecodeVector functions. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting malicious TIFF files. With a CVSS score of 6.8, it is considered a medium-severity vulnerability, requiring moderate attack complexity but potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0413 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1Fixed in: libtiff-0:3.5.7-31.el2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: libtiff-0:3.5.7-31.el3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: libtiff-0:3.6.1-12.el4_7.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: libtiff-0:3.8.2-7.el5_2.2
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-2327Important

libtiff: use of uninitialized memory in LZW decoder

Aug 26, 2008

References

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