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CVE-2015-8870

Integer overflow in tools/bmp2tiff.c in LibTIFF before 4.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a...

7.4 HighFix available

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

2.08%Up 0.9 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.4

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.

Record
CVE-2015-8870
CVSS 3.0
7.4 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
5.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-20, CWE-190
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2015-8870
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-8726 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2015-8726
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-p8mr-cwrg-5x9h 7.4

Integer overflow in tools/bmp2tiff.c in LibTIFF before 4.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a...

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.

Record
GHSA-p8mr-cwrg-5x9h
CVSS 3.0
7.4 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 7.4

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.

Record
CVE-2015-8870
CVSS 3.0
7.4 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2015-8870 7.4

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8870
CVSS 3.0
7.4 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2017:0225 8.1

Red Hat Security Advisory: libtiff security update

Record
RHSA-2017:0225
CVSS 3.0
8.1 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2015-8870 7.4

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.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8870
CVSS 3.0
7.4 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:3879-1 No score

Security update for tiff

This update for tiff fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2018-18661: Fixed NULL pointer dereference in the function LZWDecode in the file tif_lzw.c (bsc#1113672).
  • CVE-2018-12900: Fixed heap-based buffer overflow in the cpSeparateBufToContigBuf (bsc#1099257).
  • CVE-2017-9147: Fixed invalid read in the _TIFFVGetField function in tif_dir.c, that allowed remote attackers to cause a DoS via acrafted TIFF file (bsc#1040322).
  • CVE-2017-9117: Fixed BMP images processing that was verified without biWidth and biHeight values (bsc#1040080).
  • CVE-2017-17942: Fixed issue in the function PackBitsEncode that could have led to a heap overflow and caused a DoS (bsc#1074186).
  • CVE-2016-9273: Fixed heap-based buffer overflow issue (bsc#1010163).
  • CVE-2016-5319: Fixed heap-based buffer overflow in PackBitsEncode (bsc#983440).
  • CVE-2016-3621: Fixed out-of-bounds read in the bmp2tiff tool (lzw packing) (bsc#974448).
  • CVE-2016-3620: Fixed out-of-bounds read in the bmp2tiff tool (zip packing) (bsc#974447)
  • CVE-2016-3619: Fixed out-of-bounds read in the bmp2tiff tool (none packing) (bsc#974446)
  • CVE-2015-8870: Fixed integer overflow in tools/bmp2tiff.c that allowed remote attackers to causea DOS (bsc#1014461).

Non-security issues fixed:

  • asan_build: build ASAN included
  • debug_build: build more suitable for debugging
Record
SUSE-SU-2018:3879-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
tiff
Debian:12
 before 4.0.3-12
4.0.3-12
tiff
Debian:13
 before 4.0.3-12
4.0.3-12
tiff
Debian:14
 before 4.0.3-12
4.0.3-12
libtiff
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
libtiff-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
libtiff-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
libtiff-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
libtiff
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
libtiff-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
libtiff-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
libtiff-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
libtiff
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
libtiff-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
libtiff-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
libtiff-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
libtiff
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
libtiff-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
libtiff-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
libtiff-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
libtiff
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
libtiff-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
libtiff-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
libtiff-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
libtiff-tools
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
libtiff
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
libtiff-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
libtiff-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
libtiff-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
libtiff-tools
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
libtiff
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
libtiff-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
libtiff-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
libtiff-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
libtiff-tools
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
libtiff
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
libtiff-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
libtiff-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
libtiff-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
libtiff-tools
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
tiff
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
 before 3.8.2-141.169.22.1
3.8.2-141.169.22.1
tiff
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
 before 3.8.2-141.169.22.1
3.8.2-141.169.22.1
tiff
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
 before 3.8.2-141.169.22.1
3.8.2-141.169.22.1

History

History
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In short

CVE-2015-8870 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.4) in Libtiff, published December 6, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.08%, the 81st percentile. Fixed in tiff 4.0.3-12.

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