Medium severity · published Apr 13, 2016
CVE-2015-8683
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
5.5
CVSS
2.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.9% · higher than 87% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0; 8.0 · source: NVD
LI
Libtiff · Libtiff
4.0.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8683
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8683
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1546.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1547.html
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3467
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/25/1
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/26/1
www.oracle.com
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
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