Out-of-bounds read in LibTIFF - CVE-2014-8127
Published: June 26, 2017 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32174
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-8127
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to perform denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the tif_dir.c function in the thumbnail tool, (2) compresscontig function file. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds read error and crash the affected application.
Affected software
LibTIFF
tiff (Alpine package)
libtiff
Slackware Linux
tiff (Alpine package)
libtiff
Slackware Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2014-8127
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
tiff (Alpine package) - update to 4.0.7-r0
libtiff - update to 4.0.7
libtiff - update to 4.0.7
External References
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2484
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2485
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2486
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2496
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2497
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2500
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00022.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1546.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1547.html
- http://www.conostix.com/pub/adv/CVE-2014-8127-LibTIFF-Out-of-bounds_Reads.txt
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3273
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/24/15
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72323
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032760
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16