CVE-2026-52490
CriticalCVSS 9.8Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk34th percentile - higher than 34% of all known CVEs
Summary
A vulnerability in the libtiff library allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via the process_command_opts() function in tools/tiffcrop.c.
Risk Assessment
An attacker can take control of systems processing TIFF images, potentially leading to full system compromise.
Recommendation
Immediately update libtiff to the latest patched version.
Other vulnerabilities in libtiff
See all- CVE-2017-17973High
In LibTIFF version 4.0.8, there is a heap-based use-after-free vulnerability in the t2p_writeproc function in tiff2pdf.c.
- CVE-2017-17942High
In LibTIFF version 4.0.9, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in the function PackBitsEncode in tif_packbits.c.
- CVE-2017-17095High
The pal2rgb tool in LibTIFF 4.0.9 has a vulnerability that allows remote attackers to cause application crashes via a crafted TIFF file due to a heap-based buffer overflow.
- CVE-2017-12944High
The TIFFReadDirEntryArray function in LibTIFF 4.0.8 mishandles memory allocation for short files, potentially leading to application crashes during tiff2pdf invocation.
- CVE-2017-11335High
There is a heap based buffer overflow in LibTIFF 4.0.8 in tools/tiff2pdf.c triggered by a PlanarConfig=Contig image. This can lead to an out-of-bounds write and potentially to remote denial of service or arbitrary code execution attacks.
- CVE-2017-10688High
In LibTIFF version 4.0.8, there is an assertion abort in the TIFFWriteDirectoryTagCheckedLong8Array function in tif_dirwrite.c. Crafted input can lead to a remote denial of service attack.
- CVE-2017-9935High
In LibTIFF 4.0.8, there is a heap-based buffer overflow in the t2p_write_pdf function, which could lead to various damages. A crafted TIFF document can lead to out-of-bounds read, invalid free, or memory corruption, potentially allowing arbitrary code execution.
- CVE-2017-7602High
LibTIFF version 4.0.7 has a signed integer overflow, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image.
- CVE-2017-7601High
LibTIFF version 4.0.7 has an undefined behavior issue related to 'shift exponent too large for 64-bit type long', which may lead to application crashes.
- CVE-2017-7600High
LibTIFF version 4.0.7 has an undefined behavior issue related to values outside the range of representable values of type unsigned char, which may allow remote attackers to cause application crashes or possibly have unspecified other impacts via a crafted image.
Original NVD description (English source)
An issue in libtiff 85f2ac8e0b01cb7db2bbecf4a3b891bdbef67938 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via the process_command_opts() function in tools/tiffcrop.c
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS

