CVE-2015-8683

MEDIUM

libtiff - Denial of Service via Out-of-Bounds Read in putcontig8bitCIELab Function

Title source: llm

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)

Core 12

Core References

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035508

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1547.html

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/26/1

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2939-1

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79718

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1546.html

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/25/1

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3467

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0021

EPSS Percentile 43.0%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Details

CWE

CWE-119

Status published

Products (3)

debian/debian_linux 7.0

debian/debian_linux 8.0

libtiff/libtiff 4.0.6

Published Apr 13, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026