Out-of-bounds Write Affecting libtiff-devel package, versions <0:3.9.4-18.el6_8


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
8.25% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE6-LIBTIFFDEVEL-2506974
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed8 Jan 2016

Introduced: 8 Jan 2016

CVE-2015-8668  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:6 libtiff-devel to version 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2016-1547.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libtiff-devel package and not the libtiff-devel package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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