CVE-2012-3401

medium
Published 2012-08-13 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8

Description

The t2p_read_tiff_init function in tiff2pdf (tools/tiff2pdf.c) in LibTIFF 4.0.2 and earlier does not properly initialize the T2P context struct pointer in certain error conditions, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF image that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3401

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/50007

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/49938

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed4.0.2-2
debian debianbullseyefixed4.0.2-2
debian debianforkyfixed4.0.2-2
debian debiansidfixed4.0.2-2
debian debiantrixiefixed4.0.2-2

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
libtifflibtiff{"endIncluding":"4.0.2"}
libtifflibtiff3.4
libtifflibtiff3.5.1
libtifflibtiff3.5.2
libtifflibtiff3.5.3
libtifflibtiff3.5.4
libtifflibtiff3.5.5
libtifflibtiff3.5.6
libtifflibtiff3.5.7
libtifflibtiff3.6.0
libtifflibtiff3.6.1
libtifflibtiff3.7.0
libtifflibtiff3.7.1
libtifflibtiff3.7.2
libtifflibtiff3.7.3
libtifflibtiff3.7.4
libtifflibtiff3.8.0
libtifflibtiff3.8.1
libtifflibtiff3.8.2
libtifflibtiff3.9
libtifflibtiff3.9.0
libtifflibtiff3.9.1
libtifflibtiff3.9.2
libtifflibtiff3.9.2-5.2.1
libtifflibtiff3.9.3
libtifflibtiff3.9.4
libtifflibtiff4.0
libtifflibtiff4.0.1

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.