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CVE-2009-2285

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-2285 describes a buffer underflow vulnerability in the LZWDecodeCompat function of libtiff 3.8.2, which can be triggered by a specially crafted TIFF image. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for denial of service. While not actively exploited in the wild (KEV: No), public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, demonstrating its feasibility. Despite available exploit code, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
8.95%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-10205 · Nov 12, 2009
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0895 is in the 94th 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 (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: libtiff-0:3.5.7-33.el3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: libtiff-0:3.6.1-12.el4_8.4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: libtiff-0:3.8.2-7.el5_3.4
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-2285Moderate

libtiff: LZWDecodeCompat underflow

Jan 3, 2009

References

bugzilla.maptools.org / show_bug.cgi
Exploit
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2010/Feb/msg00000.html
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2010/Jan/msg00000.html
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2010/Mar/msg00000.html
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00003.html
bugs.launchpad.net / ubuntu/+source/tiff/+bug/380149
Exploit
secunia.com / advisories/35695
secunia.com / advisories/35716
secunia.com / advisories/35866
secunia.com / advisories/35883
secunia.com / advisories/35912
secunia.com / advisories/36194
secunia.com / advisories/36831
secunia.com / advisories/38241
secunia.com / advisories/39135
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200908-03.xml
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10145
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7049
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
support.apple.com / kb/HT3937
support.apple.com / kb/HT4004
support.apple.com / kb/HT4013
support.apple.com / kb/HT4070
support.apple.com / kb/HT4105
usn.ubuntu.com / 797-1
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00142.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00161.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00230.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00655.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00714.html
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1835
lan.st / showthread.php
Exploit
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2009/06/22/1
Exploit
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2009/06/23/1
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2009/06/29/5
Exploit
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-1159.html
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1637
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/2727
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/3184
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/0173