Out-of-Bounds Affecting tiff package, versions <4.0.3-7ubuntu0.4


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-TIFF-405591
  • published13 Apr 2016
  • disclosed13 Apr 2016

Introduced: 13 Apr 2016

CVE-2015-8683  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 tiff to version 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tiff package and not the tiff package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.