CVE-2015-8683 (GCVE-0-2015-8683)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-04-13 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 08:29
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The putcontig8bitCIELab function in tif_getimage.c in LibTIFF 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a packed TIFF image.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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| http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/26/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2939-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
| http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79718 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1546.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/25/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3467 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
Date Public
2015-12-25 00:00
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