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CVE-2010-2483

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-2483 describes an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in LibTIFF 3.9.0, specifically within the TIFFRGBAImageGet function, which can lead to a denial of service (application crash) when processing a crafted TIFF file with an invalid SamplesPerPixel and Photometric value combination. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial availability impact, requiring no authentication for exploitation over a network. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.97%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0197 is in the 62nd 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 (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: libtiff-0:3.6.1-12.el4_8.5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: libtiff-0:3.8.2-7.el5_5.5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-2483Low

libtiff: out-of-bounds read crash on images with invalid SamplesPerPixel values

Jun 16, 2010

References

bugzilla.maptools.org / show_bug.cgi
marc.info
marc.info
marc.info
marc.info
marc.info
bugs.launchpad.net / ubuntu/+source/tiff/+bug/591605
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/40422
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/40527
secunia.com / advisories/50726
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201209-02.xml
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/06/30/22
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0519.html
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/1761