Medium severity · published Apr 13, 2016
CVE-2015-8784
The NeXTDecode function in tif_next.c in LibTIFF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted TIFF image, as demonstrated by…
6.5
CVSS
4.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The NeXTDecode function in tif_next.c in LibTIFF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted TIFF image, as demonstrated by libtiff5.tif.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.6% · higher than 92% 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
before 4.0.7 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8784
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8784
Issue Tracking
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2508
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1546.html
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1547.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3467
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/24/4
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/24/8
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