Out-of-bounds write in LibTIFF - CVE-2015-8781

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Out-of-bounds write in LibTIFF - CVE-2015-8781

Published: February 1, 2016 / Updated: July 28, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU32277
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-2015-8781
CWE-ID: CWE-787
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

tif_luv.c in libtiff allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via an invalid number of samples per pixel in a LogL compressed TIFF image, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8782.


Affected software

LibTIFF
tiff (Alpine package)

How to mitigate CVE-2015-8781

Install update from vendor's website.

tiff (Alpine package) - addressed in versions 4.0.6-r1, 4.0.6-r2, 4.0.6-r3

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