CVEvulnerability

CVE-2015-8668

9.8 CRITICAL Published 2016-01-08 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-01-08
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-787

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the PackBitsPreEncode function in tif_packbits.c in bmp2tiff in libtiff 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a large width field in a BMP image.

Affected configurations

• libtiff libtiff (<= 4.0.6) • oracle vm server 3.3 • oracle vm server 3.4 • oracle linux 6 • oracle linux 7 • redhat enterprise linux 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux desktop 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux desktop 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 7.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness

References