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CVE-2014-8129

LibTIFF 4.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or...

8.8 HighFix available

LibTIFF 4.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF image, as demonstrated by failure of tif_next.c to verify that the BitsPerSample value is 2, and the t2p_sample_lab_signed_to_unsigned function in tiff2pdf.c.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

3.67%Up 0.3 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.8

LibTIFF 4.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF image, as demonstrated by failure of tif_next.c to verify that the BitsPerSample value is 2, and the t2p_sample_lab_signed_to_unsigned function in tiff2pdf.c.

Record
CVE-2014-8129
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
6.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

LibTIFF 4.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF image, as demonstrated by failure of tif_next.c to verify that the BitsPerSample value is 2, and the t2p_sample_lab_signed_to_unsigned function in tiff2pdf.c.

Record
CVE-2014-8129
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2014-7972 No score

LibTIFF 4.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF image, as demonstrated by failure of tif_next.c to verify that the BitsPerSample value is 2, and the t2p_sample_lab_signed_to_unsigned function in tiff2pdf.c.

Record
EUVD-2014-7972
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m6v4-297m-c926 8.8

LibTIFF 4.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or...

LibTIFF 4.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF image, as demonstrated by failure of tif_next.c to verify that the BitsPerSample value is 2, and the t2p_sample_lab_signed_to_unsigned function in tiff2pdf.c.

Record
GHSA-m6v4-297m-c926
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 8.8

LibTIFF 4.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF image, as demonstrated by failure of tif_next.c to verify that the BitsPerSample value is 2, and the t2p_sample_lab_signed_to_unsigned function in tiff2pdf.c.

Record
CVE-2014-8129
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2014-8129 8.8

LibTIFF 4.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF image, as demonstrated by failure of tif_next.c to verify that the BitsPerSample value is 2, and the t2p_sample_lab_signed_to_unsigned function in tiff2pdf.c.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2014-8129
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVRHSA-2016:1546 6.3

Red Hat Security Advisory: libtiff security update

Record
RHSA-2016:1546
CVSS 3.0
6.3 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2016:1547 6.3

Red Hat Security Advisory: libtiff security update

Record
RHSA-2016:1547
CVSS 3.0
6.3 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2014-8129 8.8

LibTIFF 4.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF image, as demonstrated by failure of tif_next.c to verify that the BitsPerSample value is 2, and the t2p_sample_lab_signed_to_unsigned function in tiff2pdf.c.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8129
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2015-0112 No score

Updated libtiff packages fix security vulnerabilities

The libtiff image decoder library contains several issues that could cause the decoder to crash when reading crafted TIFF images (CVE-2014-8127, CVE-2014-8128, CVE-2014-8129, CVE-2014-8130, CVE-2014-9655, CVE-2015-1547).

Record
MGASA-2015-0112
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10554-1 No score

libtiff-devel-32bit-4.0.7-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the libtiff-devel-32bit-4.0.7-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10554-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2015:1420-1 No score

Security update for tiff

tiff was updated to fix six security issues found by fuzzing initiatives.

These security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2014-8127: Out-of-bounds write (bnc#914890).
  • CVE-2014-8128: Out-of-bounds write (bnc#914890).
  • CVE-2014-8129: Out-of-bounds write (bnc#914890).
  • CVE-2014-8130: Out-of-bounds write (bnc#914890).
  • CVE-2014-9655: Access of uninitialized memory (bnc#916927).
Record
SUSE-SU-2015:1420-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2015:1475-1 No score

Security update for tiff

LibTiff was updated to the 4.0.4 stable release fixing various security issues and bugs.

These security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2014-8127: Out-of-bounds write (bnc#914890).
  • CVE-2014-8128: Out-of-bounds write (bnc#914890).
  • CVE-2014-8129: Out-of-bounds write (bnc#914890).
  • CVE-2014-8130: Out-of-bounds write (bnc#914890).
  • CVE-2014-9655: Access of uninitialized memory (bnc#916927).
Record
SUSE-SU-2015:1475-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-2553-1 No score

tiff vulnerabilities

William Robinet discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain malformed images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, a remote attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2014-8127, CVE-2014-8128, CVE-2014-8129, CVE-2014-8130)

Paris Zoumpouloglou discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain malformed BMP images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted BMP image, a remote attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2014-9330)

Michal Zalewski discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain malformed images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, a remote attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2014-9655)

Record
USN-2553-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
tiff
Debian:12
 before 4.0.3-12.1
4.0.3-12.1
tiff
Debian:13
 before 4.0.3-12.1
4.0.3-12.1
tiff
Debian:14
 before 4.0.3-12.1
4.0.3-12.1
tiff
Debian:6.0
 before 3.9.4-5+squeeze12, plus listed versions
3.9.4-53.9.4-5+squeeze13.9.4-5+squeeze103.9.4-5+squeeze113.9.4-5+squeeze2
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3.9.4-5+squeeze33.9.4-5+squeeze43.9.4-5+squeeze53.9.4-5+squeeze63.9.4-5+squeeze73.9.4-5+squeeze83.9.4-5+squeeze9
3.9.4-5+squeeze12
tiff3
Debian:7
 before 3.9.6-11+deb7u1, plus listed versions
3.9.6-11
3.9.6-11+deb7u1
tiff
Debian:7
 before 4.0.2-6+deb7u4, plus listed versions
4.0.2-64.0.2-6+deb7u14.0.2-6+deb7u24.0.2-6+deb7u3
4.0.2-6+deb7u4
libtiff
Mageia:4
 before 4.0.4-0.1.mga4
4.0.4-0.1.mga4
libtiff
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
 before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
libtiff-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
 before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
libtiff-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
 before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
libtiff-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
 before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
libtiff-tools
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
 before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
libtiff
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
 before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
libtiff-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
 before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
libtiff-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
 before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
libtiff-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
 before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
libtiff-tools
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
 before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
libtiff
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
 before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
libtiff-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
 before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
libtiff-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
 before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
libtiff-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
 before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
libtiff-tools
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
 before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
libtiff
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
 before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
libtiff-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
 before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
libtiff-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
 before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
libtiff-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
 before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
libtiff-tools
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
 before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
libtiff
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
libtiff-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
libtiff-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
libtiff-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
libtiff
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
libtiff-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
libtiff-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
libtiff-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
libtiff
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
libtiff-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
libtiff-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
libtiff-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
libtiff
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
libtiff-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
libtiff-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
libtiff-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
tiff
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3
 before 3.8.2-141.160.1
3.8.2-141.160.1
tiff
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
 before 3.8.2-141.160.1
3.8.2-141.160.1
tiff
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3
 before 3.8.2-141.160.1
3.8.2-141.160.1
tiff
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
 before 3.8.2-141.160.1
3.8.2-141.160.1
tiff
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
 before 3.8.2-141.160.1
3.8.2-141.160.1
tiff
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-TERADATA
 before 3.8.2-141.160.1
3.8.2-141.160.1
tiff
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3
 before 3.8.2-141.160.1
3.8.2-141.160.1
tiff
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
 before 3.8.2-141.160.1
3.8.2-141.160.1
tiff
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
 before 3.8.2-141.160.1
3.8.2-141.160.1
tiff
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
 before 4.0.4-12.2
4.0.4-12.2
tiff
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
 before 4.0.4-12.2
4.0.4-12.2
tiff
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12
 before 4.0.4-12.2
4.0.4-12.2
tiff
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
 before 4.0.4-12.2
4.0.4-12.2
tiff
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
 before 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.2, plus listed versions
4.0.2-4ubuntu34.0.3-5ubuntu14.0.3-64.0.3-6ubuntu14.0.3-74.0.3-7ubuntu0.1
4.0.3-7ubuntu0.2
tiff
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
 before 4.0.7-1.1
4.0.7-1.1

History

History
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Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2014-8129 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Libtiff, published December 31, 2014. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.67%, the 89th percentile. Fixed in tiff 4.0.3-12.1.

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