CVE-2015-8870

Description

Integer overflow in tools/bmp2tiff.c in LibTIFF before 4.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read), or possibly obtain sensitive information from process memory, via crafted width and length values in RLE4 or RLE8 data in a BMP file.

Category

7.4
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.87% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94717 vdb entry
http://download.osgeo.org/libtiff/tiff-4.0.4.tar.gz patch
http://www.floyd.ch/?p=874BMP third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0225.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-8870?
CVE-2015-8870 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-8870?
To fix CVE-2015-8870, 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-2015-8870 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2015-8870 is being actively exploited. 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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