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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

National Vulnerability Database
  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-2327 Detail

Current Description

Multiple buffer underflows in the (1) LZWDecode, (2) LZWDecodeCompat, and (3) LZWDecodeVector functions in tif_lzw.c in the LZW decoder in LibTIFF 3.8.2 and earlier allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF file, related to improper handling of the CODE_CLEAR code.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=234080 CVE, MITRE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Nov/msg00001.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Nov/msg00002.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/31610 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31623 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31668 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31670 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31698 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31838 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31882 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31982 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/32706 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/32756 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://security-tracker.debian.net/tracker/CVE-2008-2327 CVE, MITRE
http://security-tracker.debian.net/tracker/DSA-1632-1 CVE, MITRE
http://security-tracker.debian.net/tracker/DTSA-160-1 CVE, MITRE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-07.xml CVE, MITRE
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-265030-1 CVE, MITRE
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3276 CVE, MITRE
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3298 CVE, MITRE
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3318 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1632 CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:184 CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0847.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0848.html CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0863.html CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496033/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497962/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30832 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020750 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-639-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html CVE, MITRE US Government Resource 
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0017.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2438 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2776 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2971 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3107 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3232 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2143 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458674 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11489 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5514 CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00102.html CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00121.html CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-2327
NVD Published Date:
08/27/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE