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CVE-2015-8870 json

Integer overflow in tools/bmp2tiff.c in LibTIFF before 4.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-r…

published 9y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2015-8726

cvss
7.4
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.1%
EPSS 2.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 81%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Integer overflow in tools/bmp2tiff.c in LibTIFF before 4.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read), or possibly obtain sensitive information from process memory, via crafted width and length values in RLE4 or RLE8 data in a BMP file.

Patch / fix

  • tiff Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.0.3-12

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8870

  • libtiff RHEL 6 3.9.4-21.el6_8
  • libtiff RHEL 7 4.0.3-27.el7_3
  • libtiff-tools RHEL 7 4.0.3-27.el7_3

red hat advisories RHSA-2017:0225

  • tiff SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 3.8.2-141.169.22.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:3879-1

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red hat product security vex CVE-2015-8870 updated cvss 4.4

libtiff: Integer overflow in tools/bmp2tiff.c

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 libtiff Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 compat-libtiff3
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) libtiff 4.0.3-27.el7_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) libtiff-tools 4.0.3-27.el7_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) libtiff 4.0.3-27.el7_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) libtiff-tools 4.0.3-27.el7_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) libtiff 3.9.4-21.el6_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) libtiff-devel 3.9.4-21.el6_8, libtiff-static 3.9.4-21.el6_8, libtiff-debuginfo 3.9.4-21.el6_8
    +10 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) libtiff 3.9.4-21.el6_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) libtiff-devel 3.9.4-21.el6_8, libtiff-static 3.9.4-21.el6_8, libtiff-debuginfo 3.9.4-21.el6_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) libtiff 3.9.4-21.el6_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) libtiff 4.0.3-27.el7_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) libtiff-static 3.9.4-21.el6_8, libtiff-debuginfo 3.9.4-21.el6_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) libtiff-tools 4.0.3-27.el7_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) libtiff 3.9.4-21.el6_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) libtiff 4.0.3-27.el7_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) libtiff-static 3.9.4-21.el6_8, libtiff-debuginfo 3.9.4-21.el6_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) libtiff-tools 4.0.3-27.el7_3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0225

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Exploit prediction

2.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

Sources

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