CVE-2015-8782

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: February 1, 2016 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:35 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxLibTIFF

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

Description

tif_luv.c in libtiff allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds writes) via a crafted TIFF image, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8781.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 4.0.7
Affected range stops below 4.0.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (14)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00058.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00064.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1546.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1547.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3467

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787

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