UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8668

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8668

    Published: 8 Jan 2016Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-8668

    Summary:

    Details: 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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8668, http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2015/Dec/138, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3212-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3212-3, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8668

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: tiff

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.0.3-7ubuntu0.6

    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
    4.0.3-7ubuntu0.2
    4.0.3-7ubuntu0.3
    4.0.3-7ubuntu0.4

    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