UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8127

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8127

    Published: 31 Dec 2014Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-8127
    Aliases:
    USN-2553-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8127, http://www.conostix.com/pub/adv/CVE-2014-8127-LibTIFF-Out-of-bounds_Reads.txt, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2553-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8127

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: tiff

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.0.3-7ubuntu0.2

    Affected versions

    4.0.2-4ubuntu3
    4.0.3-5ubuntu1
    4.0.3-6
    4.0.3-6ubuntu1
    4.0.3-7
    4.0.3-7ubuntu0.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High