CVE-2015-8668

Summary

CVECVE-2015-8668
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-01-08 19:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-12-20 18:28:00 UTC
DescriptionHeap-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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libtiff Libtiff 4.0.6 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 4.0.6 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff All All All All
Operating System Oracle Linux 6 - All All
Operating System Oracle Linux 7 - All All
Application Oracle Vm Server 3.3 All All All
Application Oracle Vm Server 3.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
libtiff 4.0.6 Heap Overflow ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Exploit
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
libTIFF: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-16) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Oracle Linux Bulletin - July 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Oracle VM Server for x86 Bulletin - July 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710479 Gentoo Linux libTIFF Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-16)
  • 755986 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for tiff (SUSE-SU-2024:0915-1)
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