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CVE-2015-8870
Published:December 06, 2016
Updated:May 17, 2026
Integer overflow in tools/bmp2tiff.c in LibTIFF before 4.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read), or possibly obtain sensitive information from process memory, via crafted width and length values in RLE4 or RLE8 data in a BMP file.
Related Resources (5)
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8870
http://download.osgeo.org/libtiff/tiff-4.0.4.tar.gz
http://www.floyd.ch/?p=874BMP
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0225.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94717
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.4
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Integer Overflow or Wraparound
CWE-190
Improper Input Validation
CWE-20
EPSS
Base Score:
0.74