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CVE-2014-8130

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-03-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-369

Description

The _TIFFmalloc function in tif_unix.c in LibTIFF 4.0.3 does not reject a zero size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted TIFF image that is mishandled by the TIFFWriteScanline function in tif_write.c, as demonstrated by tiffdither.

Affected products

• Apple Iphone Os: all versions
• macOS: 10.8.5, 10.9.5, 10.10.0, 10.10.1, 10.10.2, 10.10.3
• libtiff: 4.0.3
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 6.0, 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 6.0, 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: 7.2, 7.3, 7.4
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Eus: 7.2, 7.3, 7.4
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Tus: 7.2, 7.3
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 6.0, 7.0

References

• http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2483
• 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://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1546.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1547.html
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT204941
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT204942
• http://www.conostix.com/pub/adv/CVE-2014-8130-LibTIFF-Division_By_Zero.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72353
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032760
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185817

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