CVE-2015-8784

Description

The NeXTDecode function in tif_next.c in LibTIFF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted TIFF image, as demonstrated by libtiff5.tif.

Predictions

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.

References

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8784.html
• http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2508
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1546.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1547.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3467
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/24/4
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/24/8
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81696
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2939-1
• https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/b18012dae552f85dcc5c57d3bf4e997a15b1cc1c
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8784

CWEs

CWE-787

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