Heap-based buffer overflow in LibTIFF - CVE-2015-8668

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Heap-based buffer overflow in LibTIFF - CVE-2015-8668

Published: January 8, 2016 / Updated: July 28, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU32195
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8668
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: LibTIFF
Affected software:
LibTIFF

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in Heap-based buffer overflow in the PackBitsPreEncode function in tif_packbits.c in bmp2tiff in libtiff 4.0.6 and earlier. A remote attacker can use a large width field in a BMP image. to trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


How to mitigate CVE-2015-8668

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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