CVE-2014-8127
Published: 31 December 2014
LibTIFF 4.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a crafted TIFF image to the (1) checkInkNamesString function in tif_dir.c in the thumbnail tool, (2) compresscontig function in tiff2bw.c in the tiff2bw tool, (3) putcontig8bitCIELab function in tif_getimage.c in the tiff2rgba tool, LZWPreDecode function in tif_lzw.c in the (4) tiff2ps or (5) tiffdither tool, (6) NeXTDecode function in tif_next.c in the tiffmedian tool, or (7) TIFFWriteDirectoryTagLongLong8Array function in tif_dirwrite.c in the tiffset tool.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| mdeslaur | usn-2553-1 didn't actually fix the issue in bug #2500 as no patch was available at the time of publication. A future update will include a patch for the issue. |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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tiff Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
lucid |
Released
(3.9.2-2ubuntu0.15)
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| precise |
Released
(3.9.5-2ubuntu1.7)
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| trusty |
Released
(4.0.3-7ubuntu0.2)
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| upstream |
Needs triage
|
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| utopic |
Released
(4.0.3-10ubuntu0.1)
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Patches: upstream: https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/3996fa0f84f4a8b7e65fe4b8f0681711022034ea upstream: https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/0782c759084daaf9e4de7ee6be7543081823455e upstream: https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/662f74445b2fea2eeb759c6524661118aef567ca upstream: https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/1f7359b00663804d96c3a102bcb6ead9812c1509 |
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Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 6.5 |
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
References
- http://www.conostix.com/pub/adv/CVE-2014-8127-LibTIFF-Out-of-bounds_Reads.txt
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2553-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8127
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian
Bugs
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=776185
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2484 (thumbnail)
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2485 (tiff2bw)
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2486 (tiff2rgba)
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2496 (tiff2ps and tiffdither)
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2497 (tiffmedian)
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2500 (tiffset) [not fixed yet in CVS HEAD]