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: 9.3 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8668
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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.


Affected software

LibTIFF
tiff (Alpine package)
Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot

How to mitigate CVE-2015-8668

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

tiff (Alpine package) - update to 4.0.6-r2
Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot - update to dsyte2z-9.65

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