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CVE-2009-3296

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-3296 describes multiple integer overflows in tiffread.c within CamlImages 2.2, potentially allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through specially crafted TIFF images with large width and height values, leading to heap-based buffer overflows. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity, with a network-based attack vector requiring low complexity and no authentication, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, and minimal community discussion or media coverage, suggesting a low current threat landscape.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gallium.inria:camimages:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.82%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0382 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-3296Moderate

ocaml-camlimages: TIFF reader multiple integer overflows

Oct 16, 2009

References

secunia.com / advisories/37067
Vendor Advisory
security.debian.org / pool/updates/main/c/camlimages/camlimages_2.2.0-4+lenny3.diff.gz
Patch
security.debian.org / pool/updates/main/c/camlimages/camlimages_2.20-8+etch3.diff.gz
Patch
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1912
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/36713
Patch