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CVE-2015-8783

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-02-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

tif_luv.c in libtiff allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds reads) via a crafted TIFF image.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 7.0, 8.0
• libtiff: before 4.0.7 — fixed in 4.0.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: libtiff 4.0.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2522
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00058.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00064.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1546.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1547.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3467
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/24/3
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/24/7
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81730

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