CVE-2014-8127 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via crafted TIFF images processed by various LibTIFF tools, requiring library updates.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2014-8127?

CVE-2014-8127 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Libtiff Libtiff, published on 26 Jun 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

LibTIFF 4.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a crafted TIFF image to the (1) checkInkNamesString function in tif_dir.c in the thumbnail tool, (2) compresscontig function in tiff2bw.c in the tiff2bw tool, (3) putcontig8bitCIELab function in tif_getimage.c in the tiff2rgba tool, LZWPreDecode function in tif_lzw.c in the (4) tiff2ps or (5) tiffdither tool, (6) NeXTDecode function in tif_next.c in the tiffmedian tool, or (7) TIFFWriteDirectoryTagLongLong8Array function in tif_dirwrite.c in the tiffset tool.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-8127?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Libtiff Libtiff, Opensuse Opensuse.

How do I fix CVE-2014-8127?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2014-8127 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-8127 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Libtiff Libtiff vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2014-8127, DEBIAN-CVE-2014-8127, GHSA-5fvh-vxjv-m955, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8127.

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