CVE-2014-8128

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-02-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-787

Description

LibTIFF prior to 4.0.4, as used in Apple iOS before 8.4 and OS X before 10.10.4 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted TIFF image.

Affected products

libtiff: before 4.0.4 — fixed in 4.0.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: libtiff 4.0.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jun/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jun/msg00002.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/24/15
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT204941
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT204942
http://www.conostix.com/pub/adv/CVE-2014-8128-LibTIFF-Out-of-bounds_Writes.txt
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185812
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jun/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jun/msg00002.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/24/15
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT204941
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT204942

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