CVE-2015-8665 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via an out-of-bounds read in LibTIFF when processing a TIFF image with a specific SamplesPerPixel tag.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2015-8665?

CVE-2015-8665 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Libtiff Libtiff, published on 13 Apr 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

tif_getimage.c in LibTIFF 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via the SamplesPerPixel tag in a TIFF image.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8665?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Libtiff Libtiff.

How do I fix CVE-2015-8665?

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-2015-8665 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8665 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Libtiff Libtiff vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8665, GHSA-487c-w7vm-2hxw, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8665.

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