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CVE-2015-8781

tif_luv.c in libtiff allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via an...

6.5 MediumFix available

tif_luv.c in libtiff allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via an invalid number of samples per pixel in a LogL compressed TIFF image, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8782.

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
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

2.83%Up 0.1 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.5

tif_luv.c in libtiff allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via an invalid number of samples per pixel in a LogL compressed TIFF image, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8782.

Record
CVE-2015-8781
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

tif_luv.c in libtiff allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via an invalid number of samples per pixel in a LogL compressed TIFF image, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8782.

Record
CVE-2015-8781
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-8653 No score

tif_luv.c in libtiff allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via an invalid number of samples per pixel in a LogL compressed TIFF image, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8782.

Record
EUVD-2015-8653
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8c4j-q3jf-x983 6.5

tif_luv.c in libtiff allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via an...

tif_luv.c in libtiff allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via an invalid number of samples per pixel in a LogL compressed TIFF image, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8782.

Record
GHSA-8c4j-q3jf-x983
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 6.5

tif_luv.c in libtiff allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via an invalid number of samples per pixel in a LogL compressed TIFF image, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8782.

Record
CVE-2015-8781
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2015-8781 6.5

tif_luv.c in libtiff allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via an invalid number of samples per pixel in a LogL compressed TIFF image, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8782.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8781
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/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-2015-8781 6.5

tif_luv.c in libtiff allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via an invalid number of samples per pixel in a LogL compressed TIFF image, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8782.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8781
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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-2016:0353-1 No score

Security update for tiff

This update for tiff fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2015-8781, CVE-2015-8782, CVE-2015-8783: Out-of-bounds writes for invalid images (bsc#964225)
  • CVE-2015-7554: Out-of-bounds Write in the thumbnail and tiffcmp tools (bsc#960341)
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:0353-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:2271-1 No score

Security update for tiff

This update for tiff fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2015-8781, CVE-2015-8782, CVE-2015-8783: Out-of-bounds writes for invalid images (bsc#964225)
  • CVE-2016-3186: Buffer overflow in gif2tiff (bnc#973340).
  • CVE-2016-5875: heap-based buffer overflow when using the PixarLog compressionformat (bsc#987351)
  • CVE-2016-5316: Out-of-bounds read in PixarLogCleanup() function in tif_pixarlog.c (bsc#984837)
  • CVE-2016-5314: Out-of-bounds write in PixarLogDecode() function (bsc#984831)
  • CVE-2016-5317: Out-of-bounds write in PixarLogDecode() function in libtiff.so (bsc#984842)
  • CVE-2016-5320: Out-of-bounds write in PixarLogDecode() function in tif_pixarlog.c (bsc#984808)
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:2271-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-2939-1 No score

tiff vulnerabilities

It was 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.

Record
USN-2939-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
tiff
Debian:12
 before 4.0.6-1
4.0.6-1
tiff
Debian:13
 before 4.0.6-1
4.0.6-1
tiff
Debian:14
 before 4.0.6-1
4.0.6-1
tiff
Debian:6.0
 before 3.9.4-5+squeeze14, plus listed versions
3.9.4-53.9.4-5+squeeze13.9.4-5+squeeze103.9.4-5+squeeze113.9.4-5+squeeze12
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3.9.4-5+squeeze133.9.4-5+squeeze23.9.4-5+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+squeeze14
tiff3
Debian:7
 before 3.9.6-11+deb7u4, plus listed versions
3.9.6-113.9.6-11+deb7u13.9.6-11+deb7u23.9.6-11+deb7u3
3.9.6-11+deb7u4
tiff
Debian:7
 before 4.0.2-6+deb7u5, plus listed versions
4.0.2-64.0.2-6+deb7u14.0.2-6+deb7u24.0.2-6+deb7u34.0.2-6+deb7u4
4.0.2-6+deb7u5
tiff
Debian:8
 before 4.0.3-12.3+deb8u1, plus listed versions
4.0.3-12.3
4.0.3-12.3+deb8u1
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 SP4
 before 3.8.2-141.163.1
3.8.2-141.163.1
tiff
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
 before 3.8.2-141.163.1
3.8.2-141.163.1
tiff
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
 before 3.8.2-141.163.1
3.8.2-141.163.1
tiff
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
 before 3.8.2-141.163.1
3.8.2-141.163.1
tiff
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
 before 4.0.6-26.3
4.0.6-26.3
tiff
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
 before 4.0.6-26.3
4.0.6-26.3
tiff
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
 before 4.0.6-26.3
4.0.6-26.3
tiff
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
 before 4.0.6-26.3
4.0.6-26.3
tiff
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
 before 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.4, plus listed versions
4.0.2-4ubuntu34.0.3-5ubuntu14.0.3-64.0.3-6ubuntu14.0.3-74.0.3-7ubuntu0.14.0.3-7ubuntu0.24.0.3-7ubuntu0.3
4.0.3-7ubuntu0.4
tiff
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
 before 4.0.7-1.1
4.0.7-1.1

History

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

In short

CVE-2015-8781 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Libtiff, published January 30, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.83%, the 86th percentile. Fixed in tiff 4.0.6-1.

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