vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2015-8870: Moderate: libtiff security update (RHSA-2017:0225)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P) | Dec 6, 2016 | Feb 3, 2017 | Feb 19, 2026 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
Dec 6, 2016
Added
Feb 3, 2017
Modified
Feb 19, 2026
Description
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.
Solutions
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