PT-2015-3229 · None+4 · Libtiff+4

Even Rouault · Published 2015-12-31 · Updated 2019-12-31 · CVE-2015-8784

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions LibTIFF (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to the NeXTDecode function in the tif next.c file of LibTIFF, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service due to an out-of-bounds write. This can be achieved by using a crafted TIFF image. The problem stems from a buffer overflow in the NeXTDecode function.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2019-1628

BDU:2016-01124

CESA-2016_1546

CESA-2016_1547

CVE-2015-8784

DLA-405-1

DLA-880-1

DSA-3467-1

RHSA-2016:1546

RHSA-2016:1547

RHSA-2016_1546

RHSA-2016_1547

USN-2939-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Libtiff

Red Hat

Ubuntu

References · 31

• https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/b18012dae552f85dcc5c57d3bf4e997a15b1cc1c · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8784 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8784 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-2939-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2016-1546.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8781 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8784 · Security Note
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1546.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-8784 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3467 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01124 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3467-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8784 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2939-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8683 · Vendor Advisory