CVE-2015-8784

NameCVE-2015-8784
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-405-1, DLA-880-1, DSA-3467-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
tiff (PTS)bullseye (security), bullseye4.2.0-1+deb11u5fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)4.5.0-6+deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie4.5.1+git230720-5fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
tiffsourcesqueeze3.9.4-5+squeeze14DLA-405-1
tiffsourcewheezy4.0.2-6+deb7u5DSA-3467-1
tiffsourcejessie4.0.3-12.3+deb8u1DSA-3467-1
tiffsource(unstable)4.0.6-1
tiff3sourcewheezy3.9.6-11+deb7u4DLA-880-1
tiff3source(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2508
Can be reproduced with tiff compiled with AddressSanitizer
and the same reproducer file http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/afl/vulns/libtiff5.tif
Commit: https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/b18012dae552f85dcc5c57d3bf4e997a15b1cc1c
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/24/4

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