CVE-2015-8668
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-01-08 19:00
Modified
2024-08-06 08:29
Severity ?
Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in the PackBitsPreEncode function in tif_packbits.c in bmp2tiff in libtiff 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a large width field in a BMP image.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135080/libtiff-4.0.6-Heap-Overflow.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1546.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1547.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537208/100/0/threadedBroken Link, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135080/libtiff-4.0.6-Heap-Overflow.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1546.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1547.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537208/100/0/threadedBroken Link, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16Third Party Advisory
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