CVE-2015-8665
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.
02 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.
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
- 2.85% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 86.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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
- 2016-04-13 17:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 08:20Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-12-24
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 6809f76fbb8bbb510c0996886d0f5a3516994236d65d6a610ffafb32b590f4d8
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securitytracker.com1035508http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035508
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1547http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1547.html
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2939-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2939-1
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20151224 Re: CVE request -- Out-of-bounds Read in libtiffhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/24/4
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-16https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20151224 CVE request -- Out-of-bounds Read in libtiffhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/24/2
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1546http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1546.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-3467http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3467
- www.securityfocus.com79728http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79728
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 4.0.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- tiff Fixed in 4.0.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- tiff Fixed in 4.0.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- tiff Fixed in 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.4
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.