CVE-2015-8683

MEDIUM

Libtiff - Memory Corruption

Title source: rule

Description

The putcontig8bitCIELab function in tif_getimage.c in LibTIFF 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a packed TIFF image.

References (12)

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1546.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1547.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79718

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035508

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2939-1

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3467

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16

[Mailing List] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/25/1

[Mailing List] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/26/1

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0021

EPSS Percentile 42.9%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-119

Status draft

Affected Products (3)

libtiff/libtiff

debian/debian_linux

Timeline

Published Apr 13, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026