CVE-2014-8127

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.

Category

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.19% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00022.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72323 vdb entry third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1547.html vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16 vendor advisory
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2497 issue tracking
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032760 vdb entry
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2496 issue tracking
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2486 issue tracking
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2484 issue tracking
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3273 vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1546.html vendor advisory
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2485 issue tracking
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2500 issue tracking
http://www.conostix.com/pub/adv/CVE-2014-8127-LibTIFF-Out-of-bounds_Reads.txt third party advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/24/15 third party advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-8127?
CVE-2014-8127 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-8127?
To fix CVE-2014-8127, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-8127 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-8127 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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