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CVE-2015-7554

libtiff: Invalid-write in _TIFFVGetField() when parsing some extension tags

Published Modified CWE 254
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat5.3CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Amazon (high), Oracle (high), Red Hat (medium), Ubuntu (medium).

Description

The _TIFFVGetField function in tif_dir.c in libtiff 4.0.6 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory write and crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted field data in an extension tag in a TIFF image.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
amazon linux 1libtiff, libtiff-debuginfo, libtiff-devel and 1 more4.0.3-25.27.amzn1
debian 11tiff4.0.7-7
debian 12tiff4.0.7-7
debian 13tiff4.0.7-7
debian 14tiff4.0.7-7
debian 7tiff, tiff34.0.2-6+deb7u7 and 1 more
debian 8tiff4.0.3-12.3+deb8u4
echotiff4.0.7-7
Oracle Linux 6libtiff, libtiff-devel, libtiff-static3.9.4-18.el6_8
Oracle Linux 7libtiff, libtiff-devel, libtiff-static and 1 more4.0.3-25.el7_2
root.io debian 11rootio-tiff4.0.7-7
root.io debian 12rootio-tiff4.0.7-7
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SourcePackageFixed in
amazon linux 1libtiff4.0.3-25.27.amzn1
amazon linux 1libtiff-debuginfo4.0.3-25.27.amzn1
amazon linux 1libtiff-devel4.0.3-25.27.amzn1
amazon linux 1libtiff-static4.0.3-25.27.amzn1
debian 11tiff4.0.7-7
debian 12tiff4.0.7-7
debian 13tiff4.0.7-7
debian 14tiff4.0.7-7
debian 7tiff4.0.2-6+deb7u7
debian 7tiff33.9.6-11+deb7u2
debian 8tiff4.0.3-12.3+deb8u4
echotiff4.0.7-7
Oracle Linux 6libtiff3.9.4-18.el6_8
Oracle Linux 6libtiff-devel3.9.4-18.el6_8
Oracle Linux 6libtiff-static3.9.4-18.el6_8
Oracle Linux 7libtiff4.0.3-25.el7_2
Oracle Linux 7libtiff-devel4.0.3-25.el7_2
Oracle Linux 7libtiff-static4.0.3-25.el7_2
Oracle Linux 7libtiff-tools4.0.3-25.el7_2
root.io debian 11rootio-tiff4.0.7-7
root.io debian 12rootio-tiff4.0.7-7
root.io debian 13rootio-tiff4.0.7-7
ubuntu 14.04tiff4.0.3-7ubuntu0.6
ubuntu 14.04-ESMtiff4.0.3-7ubuntu0.6
ubuntu 16.04tiff4.0.6-1ubuntu0.1
ubuntu 16.04-ESMtiff4.0.6-1ubuntu0.1
ubuntu 16.10tiff4.0.6-2ubuntu0.1

References

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