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CVE-2009-0163

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.8 Published: 2009-04-23 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Integer overflow in the TIFF image decoding routines in CUPS 1.3.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF image, which is not properly handled by the (1) _cupsImageReadTIFF function in the imagetops filter and (2) imagetoraster filter, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected Platforms

Apple Cups

Weakness Type

CWE-189

References