CVE-2014-8127 Denial of service in n/a
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.
Other vulnerabilities in Libtiff Libtiff
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2014-8127, DEBIAN-CVE-2014-8127, GHSA-5fvh-vxjv-m955, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8127.