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CVE-2009-5022

35
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-5022 describes a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the OJPEG decoder within LibTIFF, specifically affecting versions prior to 3.9.5. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by enticing a user to open a specially crafted TIFF file. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring user interaction (AC:M) but allowing remote exploitation (AV:N) with potential impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:P/I:P/A:P). While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-22681) exists for a similar vulnerability in IrfanView, indicating potential exploitability. Despite this, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and the CVE has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.9.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.4:beta18:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.4:beta24:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.4:beta28:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
10.80%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-22681 · Nov 13, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1080 is in the 95th 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 (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libtiff-0:3.9.4-1.el6_0.3
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-5022Important

libtiff ojpeg buffer overflow

Feb 9, 2009

References

bugzilla.maptools.org / show_bug.cgi
Exploit
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058478.html
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/04/12/10
Exploit
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Exploit
secunia.com / advisories/44271
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/50726
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201209-02.xml
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/66774
debian.org / security/2011/dsa-2256
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-0452.html
remotesensing.org / libtiff/v3.9.5.html
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/47338
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1120-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/1014
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/1082
Vendor Advisory