UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8784

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8784
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8784.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8784
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Published
2015-12-31T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-07-18T16:43:19Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

The NeXTDecode function in tif_next.c in LibTIFF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted TIFF image, as demonstrated by libtiff5.tif.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / tiff

Package

Name
tiff
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/tiff@4.0.3-7ubuntu0.4?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.0.3-7ubuntu0.4

Affected versions

4.*

4.0.2-4ubuntu3
4.0.3-5ubuntu1
4.0.3-6
4.0.3-6ubuntu1
4.0.3-7
4.0.3-7ubuntu0.1
4.0.3-7ubuntu0.2
4.0.3-7ubuntu0.3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff-doc",
            "binary_version": "4.0.3-7ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff-opengl",
            "binary_version": "4.0.3-7ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff-opengl-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.0.3-7ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff-tools",
            "binary_version": "4.0.3-7ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff-tools-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.0.3-7ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff4-dev",
            "binary_version": "4.0.3-7ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff5",
            "binary_version": "4.0.3-7ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff5-alt-dev",
            "binary_version": "4.0.3-7ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff5-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.0.3-7ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff5-dev",
            "binary_version": "4.0.3-7ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiffxx5",
            "binary_version": "4.0.3-7ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiffxx5-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.0.3-7ubuntu0.4"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}