CVE-2015-8683

Publication date 31 December 2015

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

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.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
tiff 17.04 zesty
Not affected
16.10 yakkety
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
15.10 wily
Fixed 4.0.3-12.3ubuntu2.1
15.04 vivid Ignored end of life
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.4
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 3.9.5-2ubuntu1.9

Notes

mdeslaur

same fix as CVE-2015-8665

Patch details

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Package Patch details
tiff

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 5.5 · Medium

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-2939-1
    • LibTIFF vulnerabilities
    • 23 March 2016

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