critical
CVE-2015-8668
libtiff: OOB read in bmp2tiff
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:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat3.3CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Amazon (high), Oracle (high), Red Hat (low), Ubuntu (low).
Description
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.
Affected packages and fixed versions
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| amazon linux 1 | libtiff, libtiff-debuginfo, libtiff-devel and 1 more | 4.0.3-25.27.amzn1 |
| debian 11 | tiff | 4.0.6-3 |
| debian 12 | tiff | 4.0.6-3 |
| debian 13 | tiff | 4.0.6-3 |
| debian 14 | tiff | 4.0.6-3 |
| debian 7 | tiff | 4.0.2-6+deb7u7 |
| debian 8 | tiff | 4.0.3-12.3+deb8u2 |
| echo | tiff | 4.0.6-3 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | libtiff, libtiff-devel, libtiff-static | 3.9.4-18.el6_8 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | libtiff, libtiff-devel, libtiff-static and 1 more | 4.0.3-25.el7_2 |
| root.io debian 11 | rootio-tiff | 4.0.6-3 |
| root.io debian 12 | rootio-tiff | 4.0.6-3 |
Show all 26 entries from 18 sources
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| amazon linux 1 | libtiff | 4.0.3-25.27.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | libtiff-debuginfo | 4.0.3-25.27.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | libtiff-devel | 4.0.3-25.27.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | libtiff-static | 4.0.3-25.27.amzn1 |
| debian 11 | tiff | 4.0.6-3 |
| debian 12 | tiff | 4.0.6-3 |
| debian 13 | tiff | 4.0.6-3 |
| debian 14 | tiff | 4.0.6-3 |
| debian 7 | tiff | 4.0.2-6+deb7u7 |
| debian 8 | tiff | 4.0.3-12.3+deb8u2 |
| echo | tiff | 4.0.6-3 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | libtiff | 3.9.4-18.el6_8 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | libtiff-devel | 3.9.4-18.el6_8 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | libtiff-static | 3.9.4-18.el6_8 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | libtiff | 4.0.3-25.el7_2 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | libtiff-devel | 4.0.3-25.el7_2 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | libtiff-static | 4.0.3-25.el7_2 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | libtiff-tools | 4.0.3-25.el7_2 |
| root.io debian 11 | rootio-tiff | 4.0.6-3 |
| root.io debian 12 | rootio-tiff | 4.0.6-3 |
| root.io debian 13 | rootio-tiff | 4.0.6-3 |
| ubuntu 14.04 | tiff | 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.6 |
| ubuntu 14.04-ESM | tiff | 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.6 |
| ubuntu 16.04 | tiff | 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.1 |
| ubuntu 16.04-ESM | tiff | 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.1 |
| ubuntu 16.10 | tiff | 4.0.6-2ubuntu0.1 |
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135080/libtiff-4.0.6-Heap-Overflow.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1546.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1547.html
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2015/Dec/138
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537208/100/0/threaded
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8668
All 15 references
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2015-8668.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2016-1547.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8668
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
- 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