CVE-2014-8127
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,
02 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,
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 5.71% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 92.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-06-26 15:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 13:10Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-10-10
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- f347a6e93878fa92b047f71c9cb849e4cd7fd221f09225fc424fdfbd0e03c146
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:0450http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00022.html
- www.securityfocus.com72323http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72323
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1547http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1547.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-16https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
- bugzilla.maptools.orghttp://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2497
- www.securitytracker.com1032760http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032760
- bugzilla.maptools.orghttp://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2496
- bugzilla.maptools.orghttp://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2486
- bugzilla.maptools.orghttp://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2484
- www.debian.orgDSA-3273http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3273
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1546http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1546.html
- bugzilla.maptools.orghttp://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2485
- bugzilla.maptools.orghttp://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2500
- www.conostix.comhttp://www.conostix.com/pub/adv/CVE-2014-8127-LibTIFF-Out-of-bounds_Reads.txt
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150124 Multiple vulnerabilities in LibTIFF and associated toolshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/24/15
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- lib32-libtiff Fixed in 4.0.7-1
- libtiff Fixed in 4.0.7-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- tiff Fixed in 4.0.6-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- tiff Fixed in 4.0.6-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- tiff Fixed in 4.0.6-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- tiff Fixed in 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.