UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8870

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8870
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8870.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8870
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:43:20Z
Published
2016-12-06T18:59:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:11:52.107493Z
Severity
  • 7.4 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

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 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "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"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / tiff

Package

Name
tiff
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/tiff@4.0.6-1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.0.6-1

Affected versions

4.*

4.0.3-12.3ubuntu2
4.0.5-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff-doc",
            "binary_version": "4.0.6-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff-opengl",
            "binary_version": "4.0.6-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff-opengl-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.0.6-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff-tools",
            "binary_version": "4.0.6-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff-tools-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.0.6-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff5",
            "binary_version": "4.0.6-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff5-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.0.6-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff5-dev",
            "binary_version": "4.0.6-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiffxx5",
            "binary_version": "4.0.6-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiffxx5-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.0.6-1"
        }
    ]
}