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CVE-2012-2088

CVE detail

CVE-2012-2088

Integer signedness error in the TIFFReadDirectory function in tif_dirread.c in libtiff 3.9.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a negative tile depth in a tiff image, which triggers an improper conversion between signed and unsigned types, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

CVSS 7.5 · HighBuzz score 11.9

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 11.9

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Buzz score components · mention 6.9 · diversity 5.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0

Mention score

6.9

1 evidence mentions in the snapshot

Diversity score

5.0

1 sources across 1 categories

KEV score

0.0

No KEV entry observed

OTX score

0.0

0 OTX pulses

PoC score

0.0

0 repos · best confidence N/A

Best PoC traction

Maximum stars on a matched PoC repo

Why it matters now

Mention timeline

Total mentions: 0; within the 30d window
Peak daily: 0; highest bucket

Evidence

Source links by recency

Newest mentions first

1 source links · newest first

Apple Pushes Massive Wave of Security Updates Alongside OS X 10.8.3SecurityWeek
Apple on Thursday released Mac OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.3 along with a wave of security updates spanning numerous products ranging from the operating system kernel to many components and applications and its Safari Web browser.
newswww.securityweek.comMar 14, 2013, 6:44 PM

Exploit code

Public exploit repository references

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0 repository references · best confidence N/A · max 0 stars

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Related records

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External lookup

Potential internet exposure

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Metadata

Canonical fields

NVD status

Unavailable

Published

Jul 22, 2012

Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Official record

Authoritative NVD record

CVSS vector

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

CWE IDs

Vendor classifications

How this vector reads

CVSS 2.0 base metrics decoded below. This explanation does not recalculate or change the NVD score.

Access Vector (AV): Network. The vulnerable system can be reached across network boundaries.
Access Complexity (AC): Low. No special conditions beyond the attacker-controlled steps are required.
Authentication (Au): None. The attacker does not need to authenticate.
Confidentiality Impact (C): Partial. There is a limited impact to this security property.
Integrity Impact (I): Partial. There is a limited impact to this security property.
Availability Impact (A): Partial. There is a limited impact to this security property.

Signals

Exploitation indicators

0 stored signals · no KEV · 0 OTX pulses