CVE-2015-8781

MEDIUM

Debian Linux < 4.0.7 - Out-of-Bounds Write

Title source: rule

Description

tif_luv.c in libtiff allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via an invalid number of samples per pixel in a LogL compressed TIFF image, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8782.

References (14)

[Issue Tracking] http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2522#c0

[Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00058.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00064.html

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

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

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

[Mailing List, Patch] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/24/3

[Mailing List] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/24/7

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

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

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

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81730

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

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

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0209

EPSS Percentile 83.8%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-787

Status draft

Affected Products (3)

debian/debian_linux

libtiff/libtiff < 4.0.7

Timeline

Published Feb 01, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026